SEEMA BURMAN writes about the playful faceoff between the villagers of Gokul and Barsana that devotees act out at a local templeThe followers of the Nimbarka and Gaudiya tradition give Radha a higher ...

Furious Sudama cursed Radha that she would be forced to take birth in the mortal form on earth and she will have to bear the pain of separation from shri Krishna because she has caused him pain by ...

Marriage brings with it responsibilities and expectations. This is wonderful in its own right, but Radha Krishna's tie goes much beyond this. They are not bound together like individuals in ...

And for many today, she is a symbol of both Viraah (pain of separation) and Shringaar (Love in all forms). When Lord Krishna left Vrindavan for Mathura, it is said that Radha Rani tried to stop him.

When Krishna finally has to leave Vrindavan, the pain of separation Radha feels is almost unbearable. When she asks Krishna why she has to feel such pain, he tells her that she must learn to see ...

Radha’s primal pain is perhaps best articulated in Andal’s words, which beg this question of Krishna: “If he won’t caress me, what use is this howling tenderness?” ...

In 1843, Wajid Ali Shah, the crown prince of Awadh, organized a ballet, 'Qissa Radha Kanhaiya ... relates to the pain of separation between lovers such as Radha and Krishna.