The Appearance of Sri Radha - devotional story for children

Every year for Radhashtami, I used to tell this story to my children using doll puppets of Radha, Krishna, Mother Yashoda, and Mother Kirtida (Gopal soft toys of Radha and Krishna, along with our homemade, adapted dolls of the mothers). I first heard this story a long time ago from Dinabandhu Prabhu during a Vrindavan parikrama.

Ah, that was a magical time during our pilgrimage to Vrindavan in the year 2000, filled with such a deep feeling of fulfillment and happiness that I have never experienced again, even though I visited the same places in later years. The Govardhana parikrama was never as sweet as it was then, and I have never again visited Raval, the birthplace of Srimati Radharani.

But I remember the story, and I have been passing it on to the next generation in a form adapted for young children

3 to 6 years old. It is a very sweet story for children of this age, and it is easy to perform with puppets.

You can download the PDF story for free.