Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Gulāla-kuṇḍa is situated near Gāṅṭholī on the left side of the road. In springtime the gulāla colour (the pink colour of Holī) mixes with the water of this kuṇḍa. It is said that after playing Holī, Rādhā, Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs bathed in this kuṇḍa and washed the pink colour from their bodies and clothes. This is how the pond received the name Gulāla-kuṇḍa.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
The word ‘gulala’ refers to the powdery ‘bright-red pigment’ used in religious ceremonies all over India. Once, on the occasion of the annual Holi-mela also known as the ‘festival of colors’, after having thrown red colored gulala powder on each other, Radha and Krishna came to this kunda near Ganthuli village to bathe. After They had bathed and sported in the kunda for some time, the water of the kunda turned ‘gulali’ or a reddish color, due to the red gulala powder that had been thrown on the ‘divine lovers’ during the holi festivities.
