Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

Radhe Radhe! Upon entering Vrindavan, these are the words you hear more than anything else. Vrindavan is located in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. The town is famous for being the place Lord Krishna grew up in after being born a short distance away in Mathura. He ends up in Vrindavan as infant in classic turn of events that is the interminable battle of good against evil. As a young man he would dance all night long in a famous garden here with his beloved Radha. She is an incarnation of Laximi as the embodiment of unconditional devotional love and compassion.

 

Radhe Radhe is what people say here when they are happy. When they are helpless. Overwhelmed. When they feel blessed. After cheating death. When being grateful. This is how I hear it used in the course of one day here. There is something so soothing about invoking the Devi in this quality that is the transmission of sweet love through Radha. It is powerful...