“Playing Holi,” as Indians say ... Holi is in part a celebration of the love between Krishna and Radha that looks past differences. Today, some of the gulal used during Holi is synthetic.

(RNS) — This week, millions of Hindus and others around the world mark Holi, the festival celebrating the arrival of spring and the divine love between Lord Krishna and Radha. Holi is best known ...

The puranic text known as the Garga Samhita, written by Sage Garga, is the first work of literature to refer to the romantic description of Radha and Krishna playing Holi. The festival is also ...

Holi’s signature tradition, however, is the throwing of colored powders — a tradition with roots in the love story of Radha and Krishna. In Hindu mythology, the deity Krishna was left with ...