Krishna the black boy

Krishna is a Hindu god. People believe that he is an avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu. The word Krishna means in Sanskrit Black or dark-blue.
Krishna is very often described as a black or dark-blue young boy playing a flute.
There are many portraits of him: like a god-child, a prankster, or a divine hero. The principal epics that narrates his story are the Mahabharata, The Harivamsa and the Vishnu Purana. The worship of Krishna, also known as the Krishnaism, began in the Middle Ages. Hindus believe that Krishna was born the 18 or 21 th July 3228 BC. He is the eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva who belonged to a royal family in Mathura. When Vasudeva feared that Devaki's brother will kill Krishna, He took him to his foster parents: Yasoda and Nanda.