Ah, you capture well the skein of lives lived, memories recovered, good friend... And, you are right too, that in the land of transplanted cultures that I now live in the heart does not beat fast as we enter temple doors as it does when I come home and visit our "manadevaru" -- Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy in Madduru -- http://templesofkarnataka.com/navigation/details.php?id=68 -- and also known famously for its "vadaa/vaday"... https://www.karnatakatourism.org/destinations/maddur-vada/