Rādhā — the supreme goddess of bhakti, at her birth-town
Barsana is the birthplace of Rādhā — Krishna's beloved and, in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava and Nimbārka traditions, herself the supreme feminine Divinity, higher than Krishna. The hilltop temple (Rādhā-Rāṇī Mandir) is the primary shrine. Lath-mār Holī (9th day before Holi) is the most famous festival — Barsana women ceremonially beat Nandagaon men with sticks in remembrance of Krishna's youthful teasing. Crowds of 500,000+. Pilgrims also circumambulate the Nandagaon–Barsana–Javat triangle, where Radha grew up.
Rādhey Rādhey
Every tradition in India — textual, oral, tribal, regional, syncretic — deserves first-person recognition. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.
