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A few years later, Hema Malini’s Dance Academy, Natyavihar Kala Kendra planned their second ballet, Radha Krishna which brings to light some notable events during Lord Krishna’s sojourn on earth, like the raas leela with all the gopikas.  This time it was a bigger production and Hema Malini says the ballet is memorable because, “Radha Krishna are eternal lovers, in fact, I have been performing them since my childhood and feel a part of their lives.”

Geet Govind is a poem of lyrical beauty composed by Jayadeva in the twelfth century and elaborates on the multiple facets of Radha-Krishna’s extraordinary relationship both, the physical attraction and the spiritual bonding of Lord accepts Radha into his fold. “The advantage of doing these ballets is that I am also reading very good content and feeling enriched. It is fascinating that while everyone loves Krishna only Radha is the recipient of his special attention. Jayadeva’s projection of madhurya rassa/ erotic love in the moonlit night with the humming bees is so consuming that of us at that moment believe that we are with Krishna in Vrindavan.”

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