Come The month of saavan¹ 

O! So very mann lubhavan ²

With blessings of rain showers

Pouring Almighty’s immense powers_sikiladi

Shiva’s glory reigns at the mandir³

His Katha & kirtan⁴ sound atti sunder⁵

Fasting of Teej⁶ festival so prominent 

The dark color of mehndi⁷ dominant_sikiladi

The bangles clad in wrists praying

For spouses’ women in joyous swaying 

Sacred threads of the Rakhee⁸ tied

Brothers and sisters merrily united_sikiladi

With kumkum⁹, akshat¹⁰ on third eye

Brothers vow to protect from evil eye 

Sisters bless their siblings in Bandhan ¹¹

The festival charming and manbhavan ¹²

Sheetla Mataji¹³ too gets worshipped_sikiladi

With prayers and cold food offered

She saves from wrath of diseases

Under her care the devotee pleases_sikiladi

The swings divinely rock and rolling

Krishna’s¹⁴ flute charms ever singing

His tales of birth by followers revisited

Auspicious Janmashtmi¹⁵ fest celebrated _sikiladi

Kanha’s¹⁶ midnight birth is felicitated 

By young and old plays get enacted

With kheer¹⁷ and malapua¹⁸ preparation 

The prayerful sweeten the celebration _sikiladi

The holiness of the month of saavan 

Brings fun ‘n’ fiesta and kinda apnapan ¹⁹

Sikiladi

1. A Hindu month ↩︎
2. Heart pleasing ↩︎
3. Temple ↩︎
4. Discourse & Holy singing ↩︎
5. Beautiful ↩︎
6. A festival observed by married women ↩︎
7. Henna ↩︎
8. Holy threads tied to brothers’ wrist by sisters ↩︎
9. Ochre powder used for auspicious activities ↩︎
10. Rice ↩︎
11. Bonding ↩︎
12. Very liked ↩︎
13. Goddess of cooking from diseases ↩︎
14. Lord Krishna – a deity of Hindus ↩︎
15. Lord Krishna’s birth anniversary ↩︎
16. A name for Lord Krishna ↩︎
17. Rice pudding ↩︎
18. Sweet fried flatbreads ↩︎
19. Kinship ↩︎