[1] It is considered as the most prominent site dedicated to the pastimes of the Hindu deities Radha and Krishna and their cowherd companions, the Gopikas.

Besides the Tulasi plants, the premises also houses a temple called Rang Mahal, where it is believed that Radha and Krishna spend their night after the exhausting dance.

Within the premises, there is also another temple called Sri Bansichori Radharani Temple, a shrine dedicated to Swami Haridas who created the Banke Bihari idol, Raslila Sthali where the dance is performed and the Lalita Pond which was believed to be made by Krishna himself, when the cowherds asked for water amidst of their tiring dance.

The common belief is that these trees turn into the gopi cowherds in the night to perform the Raslila dance, before returning to their original form at dawn.

Every evening, before closing the temple gates, the temple priests make the bed, place ornaments like bangles, flowers and clothes for Radha, Tulasi leaves, Neem twigs to be used as toothbrushes, sweets and betel nuts and leaves to eat, and a jar full of water beside the bed.

But every morning, they find that the bed looks as if someone has slept on it, the Neem twigs look used and the sweets and betel leaves look like they were partially eaten by someone.

[7][8] Some people have also claimed to see Krishna himself in his divine form as a teenage cowherd, wearing yellow clothes and jewellery, a crown with a peacock feather attached to it, and playing the flute.