Radha declared Ayan as her Guru and the Goddess Laxmi washed that perennial sinner's feet.
The rishivars at that Ashram are the representatives of that retrograde society. From that Dwapar Yuga to till date, they have no objection to worship the goddesses and female deities, they do not extend the same attitude towards women who have given birth to them. In this regard, they do not seem to suffer from an inner conflict because in their minds they see the distinction between the goddesses and the mortal women as clearly as they see the difference between the earth and the sky!!
In the religious rites and rituals, women play a secondary role and serve as an enabler for her husband to achieve his four aims of human life. A wife's traditional role in a marriage is to assist her husband as a servant, mistress, counseller, and mother. We can always brag about exceptions to these norms, about women who participated in religious discussions,[Maitreyi was an Indian philosopher who lived during the later Vedic period in ancient India, she appears in ancient Indian texts, such as in a dialogue where she explores the Hindu concept of Atman (soul or self) in a dialogue with Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. and another ancient scholar Gargi] , some women ruled as queens, participated in wars and stepped out of their bounds to live for a while. But these are brief commercials in a soap opera that has been going on for thousands of years!!
Thus, clearly and unequivocally the religious Dharmas and law books relegate women to a subordinate position in relation to men. The status of women in society and the equation between men and women are slowly changing in present-day society, but there is still a large gap which was visible everywhere and even in every serial.
It is an evergreen celestial love theme that provokes spiritual thoughts and adds meaningful dimensions to mutual devotion in Radha and Krishna's adoration for each other.
Krishna washing the Feet of Radha is a divine gesture, here is a Divine being accepted his other half as His Guru, carried a philosophical meaning, and on the other hand, a Goddess washing a sinner's feet followed the tradition!! Is it not a contradiction, two inconsistent events in one frame??
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