8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute.
Incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. The devotion of the bhakti movement is usually directed toward Krishna; an example of this is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Many stories are told of Krishna’s mischievous youth, and he is the charioteer of Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

River 800 miles (1287 kilometers) S India flowing from Western Ghats E into Bay of Bengal