Theme of ‘Dawn at Puri’

MEG – 07: INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

ASSIGNMENT 2019 - 2020

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d) Theme of ‘Dawn at Puri’ 

Answer.: Dawn at Puri” is taken from the collection A Rain of Rites . The poem is set in Puri in Orissa which is the holy city of Lord Jagannath. A Rain of Rites is a collection of poems which Jayanta Mahapatra wrote in the middle phase of his poetic career and is shaped by the cultural heritage of Orissa in particular and India in general. The rain, as suggested by the title is the dominant metaphor in this volume of poetry. The rites and rituals here are concerned with priests and temples, widows, cremations, even the fate of Indian women is symbolized here through various images. Jayanta Mahapatra, like Arun Kolatkar in Jejuri, is disappointed with the hollowness of traditional practices and customs. Here in this poem Mahapatra depicts the holy city Puri which is famous as one of the most revered pilgrimage towns for Hindus.

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