Mihir Jha in: Was there a salacious dimension in Radha-Krishna relationship: An Open Letter to Swapan Dasgupta,, 9 November 2012.And in Vaishnava literature, Radha has even a greater significance than Sri Krishna himself. There is no Krishna-temple without Radha in it. Now, Krishna’s name is always paired with Radha. Today Radha is the most important element in the Krishna- worship. There is also mention of Radha in Bhagavata in Vishnu Purana,but not in Harivansha or the Mahabharata.Jayadeva, translated by Edwin Arnold in: "The Gita Govinda".
Or like the others, made him silent long. Unlike the others, left their Love’s unrest Īnd like the others, joining in his song, Touch Krishna with a soft mouth, kind and cold Īnd like the others leaning upon his breast, Who laughed when the Radha glided, hidden, by,
In the bhakti (devotional) movement of Vaishnavism, the female, Radha, symbolizes the human soul and the male, Krishna, the divine. When Radha and Krishna descended on the Earth, Radha became the wife of another gopa (who himself was the part of Krishna) but always remained the most beloved of Krishna’s consorts and his constant companion.Badlani, in Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom, iUniverse, 1 September 2008, 30 September 2008, p. Radha was an ordinary village belle ( gopi), but such was the passion and intensity of her love and devotion to the Lord that she has come to occupy a position of unrivaled to adoration in the Hindu pantheon.
Radha's love for Krishna is so divine and selfless that it is believed that the Krishna who attracts the whole world, himself gets attracted towards Radharani. Radha is also called Vrindavaneshwari as she is considered as the queen of Vrindavan. Radha along with Krishna forms the " Ardhnareshwar form" of God where in left, half part is of Radha's and in right, other half part is of Krishna's. Radha is reverred as the goddess of love, compassion and devotion. Radha is the most important gopi in Raas (Special kind of dance) with Lord Krishna. Radha is the principal god of worship in the Nimbarka Sampradaya, as Nimbarka, the founder of the tradition, declared that Radha and Krishna together constitute the absolute truth. 1.2 Sri Gayatri Mantrartha Dipika - Illuminations on the Essential Meaning of Gayatri.1.1 Encyclopedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.