Visit to Phalein And Prahlada Kunda

During our recent Kartika parikrama in Sri Vrindavan Dhama our group visited a very interesting village — Bhaya Gaon — where there is lake called Prahlada Kunda. The local villagers hold a festival in honor of Prahlada Maharaja there each year, appreciating his love and devotion for the Lord. During the festival, they burn an effigy of Holika, who was Hiranyakasipus sister. She was involved in trying to kill the saintly Prahlada, but because of that offense, she perished. The villagers were most ecstatic to have our large contingent of 350 devotees present in their town where we did harinam samkirtan, distributed prasadam and held a long discourse.