On 18 Apr 2013 19:58, "Srini RamaKrishnan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Oh I had a specific example in mind, from my neighborhood. > > The MRTS in Thiruvanmiyur - this - > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Thiruvanmiyur_MRTS_station.JPG > > Versus this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marundeeswarar_Temple which > has a poem dedicated to it in the Thevaram as a towering glory that > blocks out the moon on a bright moon's night, when the sound of the > temple bells silence the buzz of the bees of the forest and the roars > of the waves. > > I am waiting for some contemporary poet to write something similar > about the MRTS station. I am sure I won't be disappointed now. > Much as I like the marundeeswarar and much as I don't like the MRTS station, your comparison doesn't hold true. Temple poetry is more about exaggeration of the attributes of the diety and less of architectural critique.
