Krishna is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God. The name “Krishna” originates from the Sanskrit word Kṛṣṇa, which is primarily an adjective meaning “black”, “dark”, or “dark blue”.The waning moon is called Krishna Paksha, relating to the adjective meaning “darkening”.

Some of her names include: Achyuta, Damodara, Gopala, Gopinath, Govinda, Keshava, Madhava, Radha Ramana, Vasudeva, Svayam Bhagavan, Krishnaism Vaishnavism, Avatar of Vishnu, Dashavatara, Radha Krishna, Mohan, Govinda, Keev, Gopala, Jagannatha, Kanhaiyya, Banke Bihari, Thakurji, Kanha, Kunj Bihari, Radha Raman, Radha Vallabh, Kisna, Kishan, Jagannath, Vithoba, Shrinathji, Guruvayoorappan, Dwarakadhish, Ranchhod, Mayon, Parthasarathy, Kannan, Kr̥sṇayya and many more