Key Themes

And somewhere, the old man smiled.

But Varkey had seen something once. Fifty years ago, during the great monsoon flood, he had watched a stranger carry a drowning child across the swollen river. The stranger’s feet were bleeding from sharp rocks, leaving a trail of red in the muddy water. When Varkey ran to help, the stranger vanished. All that remained were footprints—and in each print, a tiny wildflower blooming.

Daivathinte Charanmar (The Feet of God) arrives in Malayalam letters like a soft benediction and a dare: to touch something holy and, in doing so, to confront the messy human life that kneels before it. More than a devotional tract, the work—whether encountered as an oft-shared PDF, an oral retelling in village courtyards, or a printed volume passed from one generation to the next—functions as a cultural artifact where theology, local legend, and intimate human drama meet.

Since I cannot provide a direct downloadable PDF file, I have provided the full lyrics of the poem below. This poem is a classic and is often included in Malayalam school textbooks and Christian devotional song collections.