Answer by Radhanath Swami: One of our devotees was telling me that he is the member of the ATS, the anti terrorist squad. He is very sincere devotee. He said that for three days he was fighting the terrorists in the Taj mahal hotel. He was explaining the whole thing how difficult that was – they had these hand grenades throwing, and there was so much smoke, and they never knew where they were. They knew where you are but he did not know where they were because they kept the smoke and really good guns.

He said, “In one point there was so much smoke and they were shooting.” They were shooting at him and two of his companions. He had a cellular phone. He had recorded on the cellular phone the prayers to Lord Narashimadeva because he realized he was helpless. It was just the cloudy smoke, he hardly knew where he was and there the bullets were coming; he did not know where to shoot. So he was playing the prayers of Lord Narashimadeva full volume of his cellphone, and he was chanting and praying to Lord Narashimadeva.

When the smoke cleared people were dead. But the bullets whatever comes to him there happen to be a pillar in front of him. He did not even know, and all the bullets they would have to kill him went into the pillar. Lord Narashimadeva appeared from a pillar to protect Prahalad, and here He appeared as a pillar to protect this devotee.

George Harrison posing near a temple in India