Radha Ashtami 2025
Radha ashtami 2025: The festival of Radha Ashtami is celebrated with great pomp on the Ashtami date of Shukla Paksha of Bhadrapada month. On this day, Radharani, the beloved partner of Lord Krishna, was born. While Sri Krishna’s birth anniversary is celebrated all over India on Janmashtami, Radha Ashtami takes the form of a grand celebration especially in Barsana, Vrindavan and Mathura. According to the almanac, this year the festival of Radha Ashtami will be celebrated on 31 August 2025, Sunday. Let us know the religious significance of this day.
Importance of Barsana
Barsana has special significance due to the birthplace of Radha Rani, a small village near Mathura. People here consider Radha Rani as their adorable goddess and celebrate her birth anniversary as a big festival. On this day, the streets, temples and houses of Barsana are adorned with colorful lights, and the atmosphere here is immersed in devotion to Radha Rani.
Special celebration of Radha Ashtami
There are many religious and cultural programs in Barsana on the day of Radha Ashtami. Since morning, devotees start queuing up to see Radha Rani’s temple. On this day, special adornment of Radha Rani’s statue is adorned in the temple, in which she is decorated with beautiful clothes, jewelery and flowers. Subsequently, the idols of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani are burnt in raising. On this day, devotees organize Rasleela, Bhajan, and Kirtan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Radha Rani. Many people do charity and provide food to the poor. On this day, people make special dishes, such as kheer, puri, and laddus, which are distributed as prasad after offering to Radha Rani.
Worship method and fast rules
On Radha Ashtami, devotees take a pledge to fast in the morning. In the house or temple, the statue of Radha-Krishna is bathed with Ganga water and decorated with flowers and clothes. After this, incense-lamps, naivedya and bhog are offered. Grati remains unhappy throughout the day and concludes the fast at night. It is believed that on this day, all sins are destroyed by remembering the name Radha.
Importance of Radha Ashtami
In Hinduism, Radharani is considered to be a true form of devotion and love. According to the Puranas, Radha is incomplete without Krishna and Krishna without Radha. This is the reason that Radha-Krishna is always worshiped together. On this day, devotees offer their devotion to Radharani and it is believed that his worship brings love, happiness, peace and good fortune in life.
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