Chapter III
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Sacred Form
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What Endures in Sacred Form
Tiered roofs reach where walls cannot
Three ascending gables draw the eye from earth toward the celestial, each tier a higher plane of being.
Gold leaf outlasts the hand that gilds
Chofa finials applied centuries ago still catch the light at dusk, undimmed by monsoon or time.
The ceiling teaches what the floor forgets
Painted cassettes in vermilion and gold narrate sacred stories to those who look upward in prayer.
Every serpent guards what it cannot enter
Naga balustrades mark the boundary between common ground and consecrated space.