This struggle between the marvelous and the murderous, as Seamus Heaney has put it, is still acute in modern Irish poetry.
Seamus Heaney identifies a struggle between marvel and murder in modern Irish poetry.
Sacred to Hindus, it is a destination of devout pilgrimage on festive days for the sight of the imposing stalagmite called Shiva's lingam; this phallic symbol stands for the god's fertility, power, and creativity.