Krishna is a deity present in India epic poetry.
=== Names in different states of India ===Krishna is commonly worshipped as:Kanhaiyya/Bankey Bihari/Thakurji: Uttar PradeshJagannath: OdishaVithoba: MaharashtraShrinathji:  RajasthanGuruvayoorappan/Kannan: KeralaDwarakadheesh/Ranchhod: GujaratMayon/Parthasarathy/Kannan: Tamil Nadu== Historical and literary sources ==The tradition of Krishna appears to be an amalgamation of several independent deities of ancient India, the earliest to be attested being Vsudeva
=== Versions and interpretations ===There are numerous versions of Krishna's life story, of which three are most studied: the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Vishnu Purana

