Vraja Bhoomi Barsana - Where Sri Radharani grew up

• Greatness:

Barsana - Where Sri Radharani grew up:

- Barsana (Vraja Bhoomi)
(Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh)

(Upper Ganga Plain)

• Radharani: Sri Radharani grew up as the daughter of Vrishabhanu in Barsana.
- Radharani Temple

(Padma Purana)

▬ Radha Ashtami - Day of incarnation of Sri Radharani. Radha Ashtami falls on the Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Ashtami.
(Padma Purana - Brahma Khanda - 7)
▬ Sri Narada having darshan of child Krishna and child Radha at Vraja
(Padma Purana - Patala Khanda - 71)

• Temples and Places:

• Temples and Places of Sri Radharani in Raval:

• Radha Ashtami - Day of incarnation of Sri Radharani. Radha Ashtami falls on the Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Ashtami.
(Padma Purana - Brahma Khanda - 7)

• Sri Narada having darshan of child Krishna and child Radha at Vraja
(Padma Purana - Patala Khanda - 71)

► Barsana - Radharani (Ladliji) Temple
(Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh)
(around 12 km from Nandgaon)

Barsana is identified with the place where Sri Radharani incarnated as the daughter of Vrishabhanu. The Radharani Janmasthan Temple in Barsana (also known as Ladliji Temple) is the center of attraction of that place.
Note: Raval is also identified as the place of incarnation of Radharani. It is believed that Raval is the place of incarnation of Radharani and Barsana is the place where Radharani grew up. The child form of Radharani is lovingly called as Ladliji and the youth form as Kishoriji.

• Festivals:

- Radha Ashtami: Celebrates the incarnation of Sri Radharani in Raval / Barsana
- Lathmar Holi: Celebrates the association of Radha-Krishna in Nangaon and Barsana
- Shravan Jhulan Utsav: Idols of Radha-Krishna are placed on decorated swings

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