Vol-7,Issue-3,May - June 2022

Author: Shaleen Kumar Singh, Alka Sharma

Keywords: Enlightenment, Myths, Shiva, Spirituality, Saints

Abstract: Indian English Poetry is rich in Indian themes and symbols. Although the poets have drawn poetic elements from the Indian soil, theme of spirituality is still left untouched by the IWE. Mahanand Sharma’s poetry is the poetry of spiritual taste. As a poet of Modern Indian English sensibility, he has captured the diverse themes of Indian spirituality and mythology. His collection titled A Rudraksha Rosary and Other Poems is an interesting story of Lord Shiva written in Miltonic blank verse. However, the poet has employed the eighteenth-century diction, he has remained novel in his tackling of themes and myths of Lord Shiva. In a comprehensive manner, he uncovers the valour and exploits of Lord Shiva and provides the spiritual light to the people groping in dark of materialism. This paper is a modest attempt to unravel the spiritual strains in the poetry of Mahanand Sharma.

Article Info: Received: 30 Apr 2022; Received in revised form: 22 May 2022; Accepted: 28 May 2022; Available online: 02 Jun 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.73.9

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