In addition to the Bhagavad Gita in marble, the inner and outer walls of the Leela Chitra Mandir carry approximately 700 dohas, couplets, and chaupais from India's greatest saint-poets, creating an environment saturated with spiritual wisdom at every turn.
Dohakar
Sant Kabir Das
The revolutionary Banaras weaver-saint whose dohas pierce religious pretension with earthy, direct wisdom, beloved across all faiths and traditions.
Chaupai / Doha
Goswami Tulsidas
Author of Ramcharitmanas, whose verses remain the most widely recited spiritual poetry in north India and whose couplets encapsulate the philosophy of Rama-bhakti.
Pad
Sant Surdas
The blind saint of Agra whose ecstatic compositions about Krishna's childhood have defined Vaishnava devotional poetry for five centuries.
Sakhi
Sant Dadu Dayal
The Rajasthani saint-reformer of the 16th century whose mystical compositions transcend sectarian distinctions.
Doha
Abdur Rahim Khankhana
The great Mughal court poet and devotee of Krishna whose Hindi dohas on morality, devotion, and human character are among India's most beloved verses.
Pad
Narayan Swami
Devotional compositions that continue to be sung at temples and satsangs, preserved on these walls for all to read and absorb.
"माटी कहे कुम्हार को, तू क्या रौंदे मोहि। एक दिन ऐसा होयेगा, मैं रौंदूँगी तोहि॥" — Sant Kabir
One of the approximately 700 verses inscribed on the walls of Leela Chitra Mandir, representative of the universal spiritual wisdom that transcends all sectarian boundaries