Mahanadi - A Life Line

She originates as a neglected child

of Mother nature.

Thin & dry, left to the mercy of monsoon,

foster by the Satpura range,

with support of her siblings,

widens up like a maidens’ dream.

With steep falls & uncontrolled rapids,

she blossoms to an irresistible mountain beauty.

After being admired by the land of 36 forts,

She enters Utkala,

the abode of peace & perseverance,

bravery & penance…….

Reflecting the effects, she controls herself,

and learns the importance of preservations.

Peace in her heart and emanating the invisible power,

at times overflowing through the spillways,

She runs down through a series of rapids,

learning many a things.

Then she enters the beautiful, Satkosia gorge!

the beauty she has never seen before,

and there makes peace with her Mother.

Paving her way out of the twin ridge,

bidding farewell to the mountains,

she enters the plains.

Paying back the favours in times of thousands,
separated from her siblings,
allowing a dumb city to witness,
she mingles herself to the vastness!

MAHANADI - (A poem by me "Mahanadi", its about the great river which flows through my beloved mother-state odisa.......as the lifeline of the state.)