Historical Period73c CE
1573 CE (idol discovery); 1864 CE (current temple)
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Deities
Banke Bihārī of Vrindavan
Banke Bihārī — the dancing Krishna of Vrindavan
Banke Bihārī — the dancing Krishna of Vrindavan
Banke Bihārī — the three-bent (tribhangī) Krishna — was discovered in Nidhivan grove by the saint Haridās Swāmī (1478–1573), the guru of Tansen. The black-stone idol is kept never uncovered for long: the shrine curtain (jhāṅkī) opens for just a few seconds at a time — devotees have been known to faint, fall in love, or refuse to leave if they gaze too long. There is no aarti-bell, no conch — the tradition is that sound would disturb Krishna's bhāva. Nidhivan (the dense forest where the idol was found) is said to still be visited by Radha-Krishna at night; no human sleeps there.
Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa / Rādhey Rādhey
Every tradition in India — textual, oral, tribal, regional, syncretic — deserves first-person recognition. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.
