It was 6-sep-2008 the day after I reached Düsseldorf, Germany on Bussiness Visa. Today I got up early at 6:00, got ready and started with my friends Bharath and Devaraj to Essen which is around 40 min journey from Dusseldorf. We first started to Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway station) from Derendorf where we stayed and then go into RE (Regional Express) at 8:59 am.
We reached Essen Hauptbahnhof at around 9:40 am and go into bus 155 towards Achternberg Str.
and got down at Eiserne Hand. From there the temple was a five minute walk.
We saw a orange flag on one house and we felt that that might be the temple. But somewhat I was disappointed by seeing the temple from outside as it resembled a house. But the disappointment did not last long after we entered the temple ground floor had a Shoe keeping room and a kitchen. We removed our shoe and walked in a guy there directed us to first floor, once I reached first floor I was surprised to see a lot of Idols of Krishna, Rama, Durga matha and other gods made with White marble and fully decorated with ornaments . To my further surprise the temple event had classical musical instruments like tabla and Piono.
The pooja started at 10:30 am whereas it was expected to start at 10:00 am. After the pooja we participated in Bhajan where Indians sung lot of devotional songs. After the Bhajan we had a prasad and lunch arranged by the some Indians there.
We started back to Dusseldorf at 1:20 pm after we reached Essen Hbf, we went for a walk around Hauptbahnhof, did some shopping and started back.
We reached back to our apartment in Derendorf at 3:20 pm, after going to Punjab shop to get some groceries.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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