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Feb 13, 2023 · On Valentine’s Day, a scholar of South Asian religions tells the story of the divine love of Radha and Krishna and the lessons in it for our world today.
- Jeffery D. Long
Radha (Sanskrit: राधा, IAST: Rādhā), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion, and devotion.
May 15, 2023 · Radha, a revered and beloved figure in Indian mythology, has captured the hearts and devotion of countless individuals throughout the ages.
Oct 25, 2024 · Radha, in Hinduism, the gopi (milkmaid) who became the beloved of the god Krishna during that period of his life when he lived among the gopas (cowherds) of Vrindavan. Radha was the wife of another gopa but was the dearest of Krishna’s consorts and his constant companion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Radha-Krishna (IAST rādhā-kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit: राधा कृष्ण) is the combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha. They are regarded as the feminine as well as the masculine realities of God, [7] in several Krishnaite traditions of Vaishnavism. [8] [9] [10]
The journey of the inhabitants of Vrindavana to Kurukshetra during the solar eclipse occurred only a few years after the killing of Kamsa, and some years before the killing of Shishupala, Shalva, and Dantavakra.
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Radha descended from the spiritual realm shortly after Krishna, approximately 5,000 years ago. She took birth in the small village known as Barsana, which is about 28 miles from Mathura, the birth place of Krishna.