Cuddalore Seenu

(credits-Arghya Dipta Kar)

   -Subramaniya Bharathi

Prologue

At Rishikesh, on the edge of the Himalayas, I once watched the evening arati offered to the Ganga as she flowed past an ashram gate. Seated on the riverside steps, I listened as the head of the ashram spoke briefly on yoga, likening the iḍa naḍi to the Ganga, the pingala to the Yamuna, and the subtle channel to the Sarasvati.