Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This ancient well known as Radha Kupa or Radha’s well, is situated on the Vrindavana parikrama path as it passes through the sub-forest of Viharavana. The well is believed to have been used by Radharani and the gopis for obtaining drinking water when they came to this small forest of Viharavana to enjoy transcendental pastimes with Krishna. The word ‘vihara’ means ‘ambrosial pastimes’ and there are a number of temples in Ramana Reti dedicated to the pastimes enacted in Viharavana, one of the twelve upavanas of Vrindavana, which formerly covered the area around Ramana Reti. Unfortunately, this forest no longer exists. The Krishna Balarama Mandira is more or less located at the center where the Viharavana sub-forest once stood.
