Is Radha for Real?
“Udayji, you have written in many articles that Krishna was a historical character. What about Radha? Was she also a historical character?” a question from Mahesh Singh.
The question was genuine. Krishna’s name is always paired with Radha (Radharani). You can see most of the new generation Krishna temple with Radha. A large section of Vaishnavites (who considers Vishnu as the Supreme Lord) worship Radha. And is some Vaishanava traditions, Radha has even a greater significance than Krishna himself.
Though we have 33 crore (330 million) Gods in Hinduism, most popular Gods worshipped are Rama, Krishna, Vishnu, Shiv, Hanuman, Ganesha, Muruga, Durga, Ayyappa etc. Among them, some are historical character while many others are concepts or imaginary characters.
For instance, Rama, Krishna, Ayyappa etc are historical characters whereas Vishnu, Shiva, Ganaesh, Durga etc are concepts of god.
“Now, why do you worship Rama and Krishna?” I asked.
“Udayji, quoting from your articles, we are worshipping them because they have elevated to the status of Avatar of the Cosmos (Vishnu) by their deeds,” Mahesh said.
“Right. We worship the idealism behind them. Ram is worshiped because he was considered “Maryada purshottam”. Krishna is worshiped because he is said to have mastered all “16 kalas” (kala = divine arts or attributes ) and hence was the Poorna (complete) Avatar.”
“Okay”
“Radha is a divine symbolism of extreme love devotion and complete surrender. She represents the pure love and devotion that humans possess. So isn’t she worthy of worship?”
“Yes, she is definitely worth worship. But that doesn’t answer my question. Was she a historical character?”
“My first answer would be NO. But then, probably I would add, probably.”
“What do you mean by that? Why would you say NO?”
“There are three contemporary literature related to Krishna. All three of these were written at about the same time and cover the life and work of Krishna. They are Shrimad Bhagvatam, Mahabharata and Harivansham. The character Radha is NOT mentioned any of these scriptures.”
“ … From my book: “The Secret of Krishna’s Birth: Deciphering The Krishna Code”
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About radha leave it but what about 33 crore god’s isn’t it wrong
Why people do not study properly , (“Though we have 33 crore Gods in Hinduism”) are you serious about this 33crore . 🙁
Its mentioned that there are 33koti (koti means Crore and another meaning is Type) .
Sanskrit have words which mean multiple things based on the context.
The 33 are:
Eight Vasus (deities of material elements) – Dyauṣ “Sky”, Pṛthivī “Earth”, Vāyu “Wind”, Agni “Fire”, Nakṣatra “Stars”, Varuṇa “Water”, Sūrya “Sun”, Chandra “Moon”
Twelve Ādityas (personified deities) – Vishnu, Aryaman, Indra (Śakra), Tvāṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Bhaga, Savitṛ, Vivasvat, Aṃśa, Mitra, Pūṣan, Dakṣa. This list sometimes varies in particulars.
Eleven Rudras, consisting of:
Five abstractions – Ānanda “bliss”, Vijñāna “knowledge”, Manas “thought”, Prāṇa “breath” or “life”, Vāc “speech”,
Five names of Śiva – Īśāna “revealing grace”, Tatpuruṣa “concealing grace”, Aghora “dissolution/rejuvenationBhairava”, Vāmadeva “preserving aspect”, Sadyojāta “born at once”
Ātmā “self”.
Please do little research before bragging anything about Dharma.
Seriously u should read vedas for one more time there is no mention of 33carore gods. Its 33koti koti means prakar (types). And all those 33 names are written so stop spreading your half knowledge.
You are really sure that bramvratpuran wrote Akbar time but Vishnu puran and bagwat also mention Krishna raasleela but about Garga sahaitha wrote by Krishna kulyug guru
Agar sanatan dharmio ko ye desh bharat aage badhana h, khud ka vikas karna h, to ye radha ya koi bhi jhooth ho,,, inhe aswikar karna aur karwana hi hoga. Jhooth chahe bhakti ka hi ho radha ke naam par jhooth hi rahega
Sahi kaha aapne par ye bohot mushkil hain log radha se aise chipke hain jaise gud se cheeti
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uday ji mean suna hai radha devi bhagvatam mein mentioned hai ??
kya apne aisa kuch pada hai