Christmas in a temple

[Mohan.C]

Christmas in a temple

The wind howled and

The rain stopped,

When monsoon in India

Came to a halt.

The festival of lights

Deepavali came, with

Bursting bright firecrackers,

We celebrated it again.

After that all festival

Of Hindus were done.

Till, January it seemed we

Just had to stare at the sun.

But, one bright lad

Announced brightly to

The crowd, why don’t we

Celebrate Christmas this year.

So, all Hindus set out

To celebrate Christmas with zest.

They decided, till everything

Was right, they would not rest.

But, from the Hindu

Maha sagara (Indian Ocean) to the

Himalayas they searched, but

Could not find a Christmas tree.

But, at Lumbivana where

Buddha was born. They

Found the sorrow-less evergreen

Tree, they took it, but

Only later they inferred

This was the evergreen Ashoka tree.

Nothing can express their

Boundless joy, when they

Had the tree of India in their

Hand, nothing could go

Wrong, for them it seemed.

They mounted the tree

In the Ganesha temple.

For Ganesha was a god

For all classes of Hindus.

They decorated the tree

As best as they could.

With small red balls of

Light like the Christians put.

They put a star on

The top of the tree.

For that’s how they had

Seen it, done on T.V.

They called some Christians

To sing carols for god.

Alternating with their own

Bhajans for Ganesha, the lord.

But, some Christians saw

There was something amiss.

They observed, and told the

Hindus, you’ve missed the turtle doves.

The Hindus were crushed, embarrassed

To a point, But it doesn’t matter

They said, if you’ve done it with love.

To tell the truth, I've never seen Christmas in reality, all I've seen is on T.V. So, if there is something wrong, please don't be offended.

Merry Christmas everyone

[jamison2000e]

Learning to communicate with different types of people, and accept diversity will make the world a better place for all.

Thank You
Mohan.C