Lucknow, Aug 13 - Meet V.S. Saxena, 72, a retired senior engineer of the railways, who wears saffron coloured salwaar-kameez and dons anklets, bangles and earrings as he transforms himself into 'Radha' - the consort of Hindu god Krishna.

'I have been doing this for the past three years...It is a feeling that cannot be put into words,' Saxena, who lives in Baljati locality in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, told IANS over phone.

'By getting transformed into Radha, I get the satisfaction of serving the Lord,' added Saxena, who devotes nearly 15-18 hours a day worshiping Krishna.

Saxena is not alone in his 'Radha' fixation. In November 2005, a controversy erupted when Uttar Pradesh Inspector General of Police (Rules and Manuals) D.K. Panda, a 1971 batch officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), was found to be living as 'Radha' for the past 15 years.

Asked what made him choose to dress up as Radha, Saxena replied: 'It all happened with god's grace.