page_title: Radhastami
hierarchical_section_title: Radhastami
caption_attribution_description: English: Radha Syamasundar are beautifully decorated deities of Krishna and Radharani taken on Radhastami at the Krishna Balaram mandir in Vrindavan UP India in 2004
context_page_description: Radhashtami is a Hindu holiday commemorating the birth anniversary of Goddess Radhika or Radha. She is Goddess Mahalakshmi. On this day she emerged from a lotus flower as the lover-consort of the lord Krishna. It is celebrated mainly by devotees of Krishna, especially with great fervor in her birthplace of Barsana, on the Shukla Paksha Ashtami of the Bhadra month. In the Viṣṇu Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purana, it is mentioned that God Krishna had 16,000 friends called Gopi and gopikas, out of which Radha was the most prominent one of the revered 108.
context_section_description: Radhashtami is a Hindu holiday commemorating the birth anniversary of Goddess Radhika or Radha. She is Goddess Mahalakshmi. On this day she emerged from a lotus flower as the lover-consort of the lord Krishna. It is celebrated mainly by devotees of Krishna, especially with great fervor in her birthplace of Barsana, on the Shukla Paksha Ashtami of the Bhadra (Hindu calendar) month. In the Viṣṇu Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purana, it is mentioned that God Krishna had 16,000 friends called Gopi and gopikas, out of which Radha was the most prominent one of the revered 108.
caption: Radhastami celebration at Krishna Balaram Mandir
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