Happen to see in temples
happen to see them these days
happen to see them in quick succession
with piradosham, pournami and Thaipoosam
the gallons of milk and curd
litres of honey and cane juice
pounds of 
rice and turmeric powders
all poured on the Deities
the overflow of these goes out
through the drains in full flow
a measure to please the Lord
a method to appease Him
a follow up of devotion in another form
the breaking of hundred thousand coconuts
all they say is an obeisance to the Lord
all through the days of a genre called auspicious ones
an illustration of their piety enumerated in these rituals
a fervour fanatic and exaggerated to the maximum
not I dissuade any from their beliefs
but at the same time others perceive
hundreds of thousand children are without food
roam the streets begging with salutations
and they sleep on the pavements
through rain and sun without shelter
could they be given a thought a little
the Gods would not resent or reprimand
best they would smile happily in their sanctum
feeling joyful as their children have found food.
This could be the real enrichment and exaltation
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