Heart In Kolar

My ambition has no bounds,

I earn in dollars and pounds

In life, I have come too far

But, my heart is still in Kolar.

I go out with the Brits

who enjoy life to the bits

I cannot live as they are

As my heart is in Kolar.

I have met many women

Blonde, Brunette and Brown,

Even if it sounds bizzare

I want a girl from Kolar.

Vikram G Aarella

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Kolar Gold Fields

The blue sky, the blazing sun

The heat, the dust and the rain,

The people, the buses, the only train.

The land, and the rough terrain.

The walk to the city temple

My friends, our meeting place,

The ground where we played

Our neighbours irritating face.

Kids playing in the streets

Shouting and screaming in joy,

Stray dogs scavenging for food

Crows and sparrows flying by.

The odd cow walking by the road

Goats and Pigs roaming free,

The Bikes, the Bicycles, the Autos

The potholes and the lonely banyan tree

Felt like I was in my home town

Where we live and let live,

Where everyone is kind and friendly.

It was a beautiful dream I believe.

And a very familiar one too.

CR VGA20/7/06 Rdnr. Vikram G. Aarella

Kolar

Can you get a better setting for a city than that of Kolar, situated on the Deccan Plateau the weather is mild all round the year, of course you do get the odd very hot few days in the summer, the city itself is on the foothil of the glorious Shathashrunga mountain range on the one side and the huge Kolaramma lake on the other side, blessed by godess kolaramma who resides in the ancient Chola built temple in the heart of the city, next to her resides Shiva who is worshipped as Someshwara in the huge and magnificient Someshawara temple.

The temples are an absolute treat to explore built from the hard granite stone which is in abundance in the area, the carvings are intricate and splendid depicting various gods, godessess, dancers , elephants and various other things, there is also engravings in Tamil depicting the supremacy of Cholas on the Kannada lands for a period of time, but now these are the Kannada heartlands once again, the great rivalary between the Tamil Cholas and Kannada Chalukyas was played out in the very same place , ending in the defeat of Cholas and Chalukyan supremacy over the Kannada lands.