Jejuri (poem)

"Jejuri" is the name of a series of poems by Arun Kolatkar in 1976, an Indian poet who wrote in Marathi and English. "Jejuri" won the Commonwealth Prize in 1977. The poem is made up of a series of often short fragments which describe the experiences of a secular visitor to the ruins of Jejuri, a pilgrimage site in Maharashtra.

Bibliography

* Chaudhuri, Amit. On Strangeness in Indian Writing. "The Hindu", 2005. [http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/10/02/stories/2005100200130300.htm]
* Kolatkar, Arun. "Jejuri". Introduction by Amit Chaudhuri. New York Review Books Classics, 2005. ISBN 1-59017-163-2