Local people of this area believed that there was a fort of Hiranyakashyap in Sikligarh. Lord Narasimha (the 4th Incarnation of Lord Vishnu) had appeared from the pillar to protect the devotee Prahlada. This place coveys a big story.
Dharhara, a village extreme west of the district Purnea approx. 30 km, is situated about 12 miles to the south of Raniganj and a few miles north of Dhamdaha It is believed that it was here that on the instructions of the demon king Hiranyakashyap, the father of the devotee Prahlad, his sister Holika tried to burn Prahlad, a devotee of Vishnu, to death. But the demonic Holika was burnt to ashes in the fire.
Narsingh Awtar Mandir - Sikligarah, Dharhara, PurneaThere are still many such evidences of Dharahara on this earth which confirm this after that Narasimha Avatar took place here and Holi started from this place. Several days before Holi, the proc…