radhika was adopted by mansaram after her mother's death. an ardent follower of krishna, radhika was married off to dev in her childhood itself. radhika is selected as the bride for rohan and after marriage becomes the choti bahu of the purohit family. radhika is unaware of the fact the dev, the purohit's domestic help, is her real husband. she feels a spiritual connect with dev at their first meeting itself. radhika discovers the fact that dev is her first husband but is unable to reveal it to him. later on, barka buries radhika alive to get her true love, but since radhika was a ardent devoteee of lord kanha, kanha promises radhika to take good care of the family while he is imposting her. radhika finds out her real dad and sister and finds out the turth that her mother took her there for a festivel and died in an accident.