This document discusses the author's childhood experiences visiting the Laxmi-Narayan temple in Walaval, India. As a child, the author found the temple and surrounding area pleasant, with its red brick roads, tea shops, and the temple itself overseeing a lake. However, later in life the author was drawn to Marxist analysis and felt the family deity seemed redundant. But now the author believes the family deity concept helps introduce individuals to cosmic consciousness and plays an important role in personal and social development. The temple in Walaval overlooking the scenic landscape remains the author's family deity.