TEMPLES
FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: TEMPLES Temples represent our CULTURE; Mostly built by rulers at a huge EXPENDITURE, They have withstood test of times - retaining their GRANDEUR, STRUCTURE, and STATURE; With countless embellishing works of SCULPTURE; Providing rendezvous to people for Divine purposes even at this distant JUNCTURE! Multi-tiered entrance tower (GOPURAM) is a visual SCRIPTURE; The decorative finials (KALASAMS) epitomize a unique ARCHITECTURE; It enjoins upon devotees all kinds of discipline to NURTURE; Paving way for each devotee's journey to the mundane FUTURE! Many arts developed and promoted here for eons - devotional music, dance, lectures, and the like - have documented LITERATURE; A temple is not just a place for peace of MIND, Of a rare KIND; But a holy hub and WONDERLAND; There ...