Place a stone under any banyan tree,
Decorate flowers of all sorts around;
Apply crimson or sandal-paste or ghee;
Hide, to witness, how devotees abound...!
Stick-incense smokes spread with nose-drilling scent,
Oil-lamps lit, by men and women unknown,
Heaps of coins, like hills and peaks, soon ascend,
Faces shine, masks of blind faith balloon-blown...!
Tent erected; Altar constructed; hymns broadcast,
Priests pop up, like...
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