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Lord Krishna—the naughty young boy, the mischievous adolescent, the lover, the flute-player, the fighter, the playboy, the desired one—many things can be said of this Hindu deity. Krishna could possibly be one of the best-known Hindu deities in the world outside of South Asia (Smith 99). He is the eighth and maybe the most important incarnation of Vishnu. Because of this, Krishna is popularly worshipped and held beloved to his Hindu followers. His nature encompasses human desires and ambitions as well as shortcomings. He is the most humanlike deity there is, showing all the aspects of development usually associated with childhood, adolescence, and adulthood--this gives him such a likeable stature as a deity of the people. Lord Krishna is known as “The Destructor of Evil or “The Dark One.” His whole life was chronicled mostly throughout the Bhagavad Gita and also the Mahabarata and the Bhagavad Purana so many stories are known of him. He was depicted in paintings in all stages of his life. As a child, Krishna used to steal butter and play tricks of this sort, so is painted and s