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Some of the popular pastimes of Radha Krishna include: Raslila, pastimes of Radha Kund, Gopashtami lila, [101] Lathmar Holi, Seva Kunj lila in which Krishna did sringara of Radha, [102] Maan lila ( A special stage in divine love in which the devotee develops so much love for God as to even attain the right of getting angry with him), [103] Mor ...
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.
Radhashtami (Sanskrit: राधाष्टमी) is a Hindu religious day commemorating the birth anniversary of the goddess Radha, the chief consort of the god Krishna. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is celebrated in her birthplace Barsana and the entire Braj region on the eighth day ( ashtami ) of the bright (waxing) half of the lunar month of Bhadrapada ...
Vrishabhanu (Sanskrit: वृषभानु; IAST: Vṛṣbhānu), also spelled as Brushabhanu, is a Yadava chieftain featured in Hindu scriptures. [2] [3] [4] He is described as the father of the goddess Radha, who is the chief consort of god Krishna and also regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi in Dvapara Yuga.
Goloka (Sanskrit: गोलोक) or Goloka Vrindavan (IAST: Goloka Vṛndāvana) is the celestial abode of the Hindu god Krishna and his chief consort Radha. [1] [2] In the Bhagavata Purana [3] and Garga Samhita, Krishna is portrayed as the highest person who resides in Goloka along with his three wives - Radha, Virija and Bhudevi. [4]
Rukmini is the central character of the text, Rukminisha Vijaya, that talks about her and Krishna's life before marriage and ends with their marriage. [71] She also appears in the Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana (as an avatar of Lakshmi ).
After Duryodhana's death, Krishna visits Gandhari to offer his condolences when Gandhari and Dhritarashtra visited Kurukshetra, as stated in Stree Parva. Feeling that Krishna deliberately did not put an end to the war, in a fit of rage and sorrow, Gandhari said, "Thou were indifferent to the Kurus and the Pandavas whilst they slew each other.
Pleased with the austerities, Shiva finally appeared before Krishna as Samba, (Ardhanarishvara) the half-female, half-male form of the god Shiva-Shakti, asked him to ask a boon. Krishna then sought a son from Jambavati, which was granted. A son was born soon thereafter, named Samba, the form Shiva had appeared before Krishna. [7] [8]