Sm028. Banyan Tree And Ganesh Temple

THE MOTHER OF PONDICHERRY Mother was looking for someone One evening and one old man Rushed to find out from her What she was searching for? She told him, "A Banyan Tree, Near Matrimandir in Auroville, Is now crying with severe pain, Go there and find out the reason." When he went there, he found, On the trunk, an axe was fixed, By a worker that injured its foot, And he immediately removed it. Even a tree's complaint, She had seriously taken it, And gave it relief at once, As the Mother of Universe. There was a Ganesh Temple, Near Ashram building wall, Which needed a small piece Of land for the devotees' use. Lord Ganesh approached her, As one of her close admirer, For some space from her site, And she willingly gave it. The Mayor of Pondicherry, Had a coal dump and factory, Near the seashore, as its owner, And the sea washed away its wall. Many times he repaired the wall But of no use, as each time it fell Into the wide mouth of the sea-devil That swallowed once again the wall. He prayed for Mother's mercy, Who told the sea-god to take pity, And he didn't touch the fresh wall, That came up then strong and tall. So, Mother had a hold on nature, That obeyed her friendly orders, And every time a calamity arose, She came forward there to face.