Photo of Brihadishwara Temple in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

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Leave this chanting         singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship          in this lonely dark corner                  of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes          see thy God is not before thee!  He is there where the tiller          is tilling the hard ground Where the pathmaker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, With his garment is covered with dust. Put off thy holy mantle          and even like him                  come down on the dusty soil!

Wàngjìdài

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Notes: This is Tagore's own translation of his own poem, from Bangali to English. This poem fron the collection published under the name Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

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