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03: Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu
- #1Bangle sellers are we who bear
Our shining loads to the temple fair...
Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,
For happy daughters and happy wives.
1. What is meant by "shining loads"? Where are the bangle sellers going to sell their bangles and why?Ans : In this stanza, "shining loads" means the various types of bright and colourful bangles that the bangle sellers carry. The bangle sellers are going to the temple fair. They are going there to sell their bangles to women of different age groups i.e., in different stages of life.