The Pontiac Episode
Place & Year: Pontiac, Michigan,USA / 2007
It was when I started to the US,Kutti’s Mom said that there is a place near Detroit called Pontiac and there is a PARASAKTHI temple out there.She also said it was a very powerful goddess and Kutti’s bro got a job just after going there.
And I decided I should go there somehow ;Had a plan in my mind of getting a car and making my first trip to Pontiac Parasakthi Temple(Eternal Mother Temple).
Parasakthi Temple, Pontiac
By God’s grace it so happened that my car deal and registration was all set on the day of Vinayagar Chaturthi and when friends were planning for a temple visit,I suggested this plan.It all came together just coincidentally but exactly as I expected it to happen.
It was my first trip in the car after the small one from the Secretary of State office where I registered the vehicle and nameplate.So,I started the car ,drove on the freeways for the first time at 80 miles per hour with a few huge mistakes and by god’s grace(second time usage),reached the place;it was 10 degrees but sunny;went in to find a spectacular darshan on the eternal mother(Parasakthi);Prayed;Went around the temple to pray the other gods;Very satisfactory.
While returning my friend drove the car and half the way ,we rememebered that we had to get the groceries and other stuffs for our home and after the “Meijer” visit ,I drove back home. A very small episode it may seem to be;but for me was one great trip getting the darshan that I had just dreamt of for months.