Happy Lohri: Understanding spiritual essence of the festival through haiku and sentence acrostic

HAPPY LOHRI !

The spiritual essence of Lohri festival - celebrated on January 13 in North India with great enthusiasm, - lies in revering the Goddess of Fire - Goddess Agni

Lohri festival in the North is celebrated to pay respect to the fertility of the earth and women as well as warmth of the fire and the Sun to support life.

Rural folks and farmers celebrate the bounty of harvest and outcome of their hard work through lighting fire, singing and dancing.

Here are a few haiku to understand the tenets of revering and worshipping Goddess Agni associated with Lohri.

MESSAGE OF PANJABI FESTIVAL OF LOHRI THROUGH PATTERN POETRY

Haiku

Bonfire is divine –

The symbol of purity,

Piety and vigour

~ ~ ~ ~

Benevolent fire –

Agni is spring of light-n-heat,

Life and existence

~ ~ ~ ~

Venerate Agni

Destroyer of ignorance –

Worldly delusions

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Revere grains and fruit

Vegetables, roots and seeds –

Deem Agni in them.