Krishna was the shepherd prince
of Gokul and Radha was Vrishbhanu Gurjar who had a boon that Devi Lakshmi will
be born as his daughter. So technically, we look at Radha as an incarnation of
Goddess Lakshmi. Radha and Krishna were childhood playmates. Radha was one of
the Gopis or cowherd girls with whom Krishna did rasleela in the forests of
Vrindavan. But Radha was the dearest to Krishna and most devoted to Him. When
Krishna played the flute, Radha sang and danced with Him. However, this love
story never reached its maturity because, Krishna left Vrindavan at the age of
12 to study at his gurukul and then to attack his uncle Kamsa in Mathura.
Meanwhile, Radha was married off to a wealthy landowner named Abhimanyu. Some
stories also give the name of Radha's husband as Chandrasena. There is also a
myth that Radha and Krishna were secretly married in Vrindavan and Lord Brahma
presided over their marriage as a priest. This version of the story does not
hold much water because it is not written in the Puranas.
Excellent. This is exactly what I was looking for. It should be fun to write. You can look at ways that the story matches the religious tale, and ways it deviates or comments on it. Mimi
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