Last month I was passing by the Ochira temple in South Kerala when my cousin suggested that we should step into the temple for a ‘darshan’. We walked into the large temple ground. It was 2 in the afternoon and there were very few people there.
Unlike a conventional temple which has structures, this temple is designed in an open space around a few banyan trees. Lord Shiva is the presiding deity. I was fascinated by the experience of seeing such a unique holy place.
While praying I kept chanting Divine Mother’s mantra.
Suddenly with a shock I realized that my wallet which was in the pocket of my kurta was missing!!! There was close to ten thousand rupees in cash, atm card and my credit card. It was a shocking moment. Nobody had come close to me in the last 15 minutes. I was very sure that my wallet was very much present in my pocket just when we entered the temple. Then what happened? How did it disappear? I had no answer. It was as if like magic it had disappeared into thin year.
We retraced our steps hoping to see if it had fallen from my pocket. But there was no sign of the wallet. In desperation, I inwardly prayed to Mother ‘Mother please help me get my wallet back.’ I chanted Mother’s Mantra -
Charanam Sharanam Ramambike.
Charanam Sharanam Thrayambage.
Just then suddenly one of the priests came upto me and asked if I had lost anything. They had found a wallet lying on the floor. I was amazed. With a prayer and a big thank you on my lips I left the place with my wallet and all its contents intact.
Jai Matha
