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AND BELOW HER HAIR, SHE WOULD PUT ON A GARLAND AND SPEND A FEW MINUTES JUST GAZING INTO A POND, SEEING HER REFLECTION AND SATISFYING HER DESIRE BEFORE TURNING AWAY AND RETURNING THE WORN GARLAND TO HER FLOWER BASKET THE EMPEROR KRISHNADEVARAYA S EPIC POEM AMUKTAMALYADA (GIVER MORE... OF THE WORN GARLAND) DEPICTS THE LIFE OF THE MEDIEVAL VAISNAVA POET-SAINT ANDAL, OR GODA DEVI AS SHE IS ALSO KNOWN, AND HER PASSIONATE DEVOTION TO LORD VISNU. KRISHNADEVARAYA S UNIQUE POETIC IMAGINATION BRINGS TO LIFE A CELESTIAL WORLD FILLED WITH WONDER, CREATIVITY, HUMOUR AND VIBRANT NATURAL BEAUTY. THE MUNDANE IS MADE DIVINE AND THE ORDINARY BECOMES EXTRAORDINARY; THE ROUTINE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE BECOME EXPRESSIVE METAPHORS FOR HEAVENLY ACTIONS, WHILE THE EXALTED GODS OF HEAVEN ARE RE-IMAGINED AS LIVING PERSONS. THE POET S ABILITY TO SEE DIVINITY IN THE MOST COMMONPLACE ACTIVITIES IS AN EXTENSION OF HIS POWERFUL BELIEF THAT GOD IS EVERYWHERE, IN EVERYTHING, AT ALL TIMES.