Barsana, Uttar Pradesh: Known for its Lathmar Holi, women symbolically strike men with sticks, reenacting Radha and Krishna’s playful interactions. Shantiniketan, West Bengal: Introduced by ...

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A highlight of the festival, Lathmar Holi in Barsana (March 8) and Nandgaon (March 9) recreates Radha and Krishna’s playful teasing, where women chase men with sticks in a lively tradition.

Unschooled in Hindu art, I didn’t know that I was contemplating a pichwai (from the Sanskrit for “back” and “hanging”), a ...

A couple who moved from Los Angeles to Utah about 45 years ago to run a radio station are now operating the only Hindu temple ...

SEEMA BURMAN writes about the playful faceoff between the villagers of Gokul and Barsana that devotees act out at a local templeThe followers of the Nimbarka and Gaudiya tradition give Radha a higher ...

At the property’s center sits the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple, a 10,000-square-foot (930-square-meter) house of worship. Its architecture is unique to temples in northern India with ornate ...

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Hindus greatly value Janmashtami. Krishna devotees worldwide observe this festival. It marks Shri Krishna's birth anniversary. Celebrations occur on the Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksha in Bhadrapada.

SPANISH FORK, Utah — Charu Das was in Los Angeles in 1980 when a for-sale ad for a small radio station in rural Utah County — about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City — caught his eye.