{"id":119977,"date":"2022-06-26T03:48:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=119977"},"modified":"2022-07-06T07:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:48:51","slug":"hour-7-alakapuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-7-alakapuri\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 7. Alakapuri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nestled in the snowclad Himalayas<br \/>\nThe capital of Kubera(1), the celestial treasurer<br \/>\nAlakapuri the seat of riches.<\/p>\n<p>Golden chariots with silver wheels slipping on<br \/>\nRoads paved with sandalwood veneers<br \/>\nCurbs studded with precious stones.<\/p>\n<p>Celestial dames dressed gossamer silks<br \/>\nPeeping out of mansions built with multicolor marbles<br \/>\nAnd twinkling diamonds shine like sequins on a blue chiffon.<\/p>\n<p>Dark blue lakes and lotus ponds<br \/>\nSimmering in sunshine issuing rainbows<br \/>\nThis marvel of a city indeed a jewel in the crown.<\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Yakshas are mischievous nature spirits, somewhat akin to elves.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Kubera is the Lord of the Yakshas, elder brother of Ravana<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nestled in the snowclad Himalayas The capital of Kubera(1), the celestial treasurer Alakapuri the seat of riches. Golden chariots with silver wheels slipping on Roads paved with sandalwood veneers Curbs studded with precious stones. Celestial dames dressed gossamer silks Peeping out of mansions built&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124670,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119977\/revisions\/124670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}