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Shri Radha Rani Temple (Ladli Ji)
श्री राधा रानी मंदिर (बरसाना)
Barsana, Uttar Pradesh · 27.6501°, 77.3733°
Radha and Krishna, worshipped together as Shri Laadli LalBir Singh Deo; earlier structure associated with Narayan Bhatt and Raja Todar MalRajput, in red sandstone with carved arches and domesBraj
Sacred since
1675 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1675 (Raja Bir Singh Deo)
Bir Singh Deo; earlier structure associated with Narayan Bhatt and Raja Todar Mal
History & significance
The hill temple of Radha at Barsana, built in red sandstone in 1675 and the focus of the town's Radhashtami and Lathmar Holi festivals. It is among the principal Braj pilgrimage sites.
Sthala katha — the traditional account
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Radha's father Vrishbhanu is said to have made his home on the Bhanugarh hill at Barsana after leaving Kamsa's Mathura.