( The SriYantra at Hari Parbat)
( With Dr Agnishekhar)
( Farooq Nazki )
( With Aanya Mota )
( With Padamshri Pran Kishore and Prof. Shafi Shauq)
( At the tomb of Jean Paul Sartre in Paris )
( Grenoble , France with family )
( SaMaPa Award 2023)
( Kashmir with family )
(New Paltz, USA )
( Peaks Island, USA )
(At the summit of Mount Washington ,USA)
( Mount Washington with family )
( Paris 2023)
( With Shantiveer Kaul )
( Grenoble , France )
( Outside MET ,Museum, New York )
( With Agha Ashraf Ali )
( At Bali Indonesia )
( Washington Square Park, New York )
( At Columbia University, New York )
( At Martand Sun Temple ruins )
( River Godavari )
( A Harwan tile in a museum in Germany )
( Ranakpur Jain Temple )
( On the bank of River Seine )
( On the bank of River Hudson (
( The Jhelum River )
( The Pyramids )
( The Indian Ocean )
( The Jaisalmer Desert )
( The Himalayas)
( The confluence of Ganga and Yamuna )
( Eiffel Tower at night )
To these photographs , I am adding my poem, " Hamaara Dil" or "My Heart " ...
( Hamaara Dil)
Hamaara dil
samajh lo ek sahra hai,
Samandar hai
Ye bahar e hind tak aayi
Himalay ki hawa samjho,
Kabhi Ganga,
Kabhi Yamuna,
Kabhi sangam
Prayaag e Hind
Tehzeeb e wattan jaisa ..
Issi raste se Hudson,
Seine aur Jhelum guzarti hai ,
Yahaan Godavari bhi ,Narmada bhi , Chandrabhaga bhi,
Ajanta bhi Elora bhi
Eiffel tower , Ranakpur Jain Mandir
aur Pyramid bhi .
Yaheen Kashi bhi,
Vrindavan bhi,
Puri aur Ayodhya bhi
Yaheen Trimbkeshwar
Kanchi bhi aur hai Tirupati teerath ,
Kahin Jao ,
Jahaan jaao,
Yahi raahein,
Yahi rasta ..
Yaheen dekhoge khandahar Martand ke
Surya Mandir ke,
Yaheen tau Harwan hai ghar jahaan tha Nagarjun ka ,
Jahaan ki eint tilein bik gayi Europe ke museum ko .
Kabhi aabad dekhoge isse
Ki jaise bagh Mughalon ke
Kabhi veeran jaise Sharda Devi ka mandir ho,
Yaheen aasan hai Abhinavgupt , Vasugupta Rishiyon ka
Jatashanker yaheen bole thhay Devi Shakti Mata se
" Maha mantra hai yeh
Japa kar japa kar
Hari om tat sat ....Hari om tat sat"
Bassi hai dhadkanon mein iss ke
Abh bhi goonj Lal Ded ki
Rishi Nund ki Sadakat bhi
Muravat bhi
Rafaqat bhi
Sakhaawat bhi
Mohabbat bhi
Yahaan nagma bhi ,naala bhi
Andhera bhi ,ujaala bhi ,
hansee bhi hai yaheen pe
Aur yaheen hai ashqbaari bhi..
Kabhi barhanghi bhi hai
Kabhi hai pardadaari bhi..
Kabhi hai chain bhi iss se
Kabhi hai bekaraari bhi
Yeh duniya kuchh nahin maana
Yehi duniya hai pyaari bhi ...
( Avtar Mota)
In Simple English , i would say this :-
( My Heart )
(This heart of mine
A desert ,
An ocean as well,
Like the Himalayan breeze
that comes down to
to embrace the Indian Ocean.
One moment like River Ganga
Another moment River Yamuna
Sometimes like the grand confluence at Prayag ,
A symbol of the civilisation of my land ,
A passage for Hudson, Seine and Jhelum rivers.
The Godavari, Narmada and Chenab too flow through this passage,
Here you may see marvels of Ajanta
and Elora caves ,
The Eiffel Tower,
The Ranakpur Jain Temple and the great Pyramids too .
Here lies Varanasi ,
Vrindavan,
Jaganath Puri and Ayodhya as well.
The Trimbkeshwar ,
Kanchi and the Tirupati Teertha too.
Wherever you go,
Anywhere you go ,
This is the path,
This is the way ...
Here only you see the ruins of the Grand Sun Temple of Martand ,
Here only lies Harwan ,
the abode of the Buddhist sage Nagarjuna ,
The tiles and brick of who's house were sold to the museum's of Europe.
Sometimes , you may find this heart
blooming like a Mughal Garden
And sometimes you find it
desolate and ruined like the Temple of Sharda goddess.
This heart , the seat of
Rishi Vasugupta and Abhinavgupta.
Here only Shiva spoke to goddess Parvati,
" Keep reciting the great Mantra,
Hari Om Tat Sat
Hari Om Tat Sat"
Even today,
this heart resonates with the
sacred sound of Lal-Vaks,
It echoes the truthful message of Nund Rishi,
His compassion,
His generosity
And his love.
You come across songs of joy here,
The wails too emerge from this chamber,
The darkness and the bright light,
The smiles and the tear drops too.
Sometimes you notice its sheer nakedness,
And sometimes the camouflage as well .
May be ,a meaningless world ,
Yet, this world alone is our darling .)
( Avtar Mota)
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