Pili Kunda
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At Pila Pokhar, Srimati Radharani washed Her hands. Because of Her touch, the kunda turned a golden-yellow color. Pila means “yellow.” This kunda is still a golden-yellow color from when Radharani washed her hands here.
The pastime of this place is that Mother Yasoda really loved Srimati Radharani and wanted Her to marry Krishna. So one time when Radharani came to Nandagram, Mother Yasoda put some turmeric paste on Her hands. The custom is that when the bride’s father and groom’s father have agreed that their children would get married then the agreement become finalized by applying turmeric paste onto the hands of the future bride. When Radharani saw her yellow hands, she did not know what to do. So Srimati Radharani came here and washed her hands in the water of this pond. The water of this pond is still yellow today. This is a peaceful place.
Directions: Pila Pokhar is across the road from the Larily Lal Temple, at the bottom of the hill. If you just left the place where most people park to go to the Larily Lal Temple, you go back to the main road (about 200m away). Directly in front of you is a bridge, which you cross. After going about 200m, directly in front of you is Pila Pokhar, behind some buildings (a school). It is a large well-kept kunda and is hard to miss.