Radha, a Social Rebel

This article attempts to analyse the erotic-mystical nature of the “padavalis” (song-series) of the Bengal school of Vaishnavism between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries. It projects the extramarital love of Radha and Krishna against the rigid “kulin” (clan system) of Bengal at the time and s...

The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society

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