As Krishna loved song and dance, one of the main celebrations during this festival is "RASLILA". According to the Bhagwat Purana,Shri Krishna along with the gopis had danced the Raas on the banks of the Yamuna at Vrindavan.
When the gopis felt conceited about Lord Krishna dancing with them, he disappeared from their midst. In the agony of separation from their beloved Krishna, the gopis recalled and enacted his lilas or divine episodes of his life - which in course of time came to be known as the Raaslilas. No other God in the Hindu pantheon, or for that matter in any other religion, is associated with so many romantic tales and so fully radiating with all the divine attributes as Sri Krishna. The Dandiya or Garba dances of today originated from that "Raslila in Vrajbhoomi" on banks of river Yamuna.
