“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.

This represents Radha and her friends playfully resisting Krishna and his companions when they came to play Holi with them. The celebration is accompanied by music, laughter, and happy merriment.

And still get away with all the tom-foolery! In Vrindavan, people play Holi with flower-petals. (HT File) Radha’s sweetheart Krishna, was dark skinned. Radha was fair skinned. Radha offered ...

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 ...