1. Building temples for Siva is considered a good way to please the Lord.
2. However, everyone cannot build temples.
3. Temples built of stone and brick can be destroyed.
4. God is found not just in temples but also outside.
5. Carrying God in one’s own heart is the best way of worshipping Him.
6. This ‘moving temple’ cannot be destroyed at all.
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In this poem, Basavanna tells us that a rich man can afford to build grand temples in honour of gods, but poor man can’t. However, with his devotion, i.e., with pure thoughts, actions and deeds, he can turn his body into a temple. He may offer his legs for pillars, his body fora shrine and his head for a cupola. A temple of faith is immortal as human beings live on generation after generation, but a temple of stone will perish sooner or later. With this analogy, the lyricist is telling us that faith in the heart is more important than cold stone structures dedicated to a God. To him true faith is more important than display of wealth by the rich who put up such structures.
