Radha&Krishna

Radha and Krishna are collectively known withing Hinduism as the combination of both the feminine as well as the masculine aspects of God. Krishna is often referred as Svayam Bhagavan in Vaishnavism theology and Radha is five elemental body of the feeling of love towards the almighty God Shree Krishna. Soul is a part of the God Shree Krishna and Radha is that feeling of love which connects a living being to his creator. With Krishna, Radha is acknowledged as the Supreme Goddess, for it is said that she controls Krishna. It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha enchants even him. Therefore she is the supreme goddess of all.

Radha is not Krishna's wife. Yet without her image, Krishna is never complete.She inspires him to play the flute. Without her, there is no music.

In some traditions she is considered Krishna's aunt. In others she is married to another man. In most she is older than him. Thus the love of Radha&Krishna defies all social norms.

Their meeting, when they are surrounded by a circle of dancing milkmaids, the Maha-Raas, always takes place at night, outside the village, in secret.

It represents the desires of the heart that unfortunately have to be denied or repressed or sublimated by the demands of the society. Though denied, repressed and sublimated, they exist. And Krishna acknowledges their existence.

While there are much earlier references to the worship of this form of God, it is since Jayadeva Goswami wrote a famous poem Gita Govinda in the twelth century of the Common Era, that the topic of the spiritual love between the divine Krishna and his devotee Radha, became a theme celebrated throughout India. The Manipuri Vaishnavas do not worship Krishna alone, but Radha-Krishna. With the spread of Vaishnavism the worship of Krishna and Radha became the dominant form in the Manipur region.