Sanaa's Musings

  Radha is love, compassion, and kindness. She is no one but Lakshmi who lived with Vishnu in all the previous avatars.  At the starting of Dwarpar Yug Radha got cursed to go on earth as a human. She was born in Barsana as Vrishban and Kirtida’s daughter. Out of the deep love for her, Krishna also took the human avatar to accompany her.  As a human, Radha had to overcome the drawbacks of human nature- fear, anger, attraction, jealousy, and greed. Krishna helped her overcome them and helped her become full of love and kindness as she was before. Together, they taught the world what is love. Love is a set of emotions, behaviors, passion, trust, happiness, and care. This is what Radha does, just not with Krishna, with everyone. What I like about Radha is that she cares for everyone, she even cares for the people who don’t like her that’s why she is called the goddess of love. An example is about Saambh- Saambh was the son of Krishna and Jambhvati. He had the ansh of Shiva. W...

Today, I visited the Banganga and Walkeshwar temple with my mom and grand-moms. The drive was along the beautiful Arabian sea and Malabar hill coastline.  The Walkeshvar temple had a big shivling at the center with Vasuki in Gold on the top. Surrounding it there was a quiet place to sit. There was a provision of water so that devotees could do an ‘Abhishek’. Tales suggest that the original Walkeshwar temple was destroyed by the Portuguese in the 16th century when they gained control of the Bombay islands and began spreading Christianity. The temple was rebuilt in 1715 with funding from a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin. Since then, it's been reconstructed several times, most recently in the 1950s. The waters are now polluted with several religious wastes. I wondered why the Government couldn't maintain it well so that more tourists could come and take the pleasure of visiting our old heritage. I am hoping that just as the PM has rebuilt the Kashi corridor, https://indianexpress.com/artic...