Which Hindu gods have dark skin?

I have one more thing to share - we also have gods of lighter toned hair (Blonde or Tawny hair because mostly Hindu gods are shown with black hair) such as Lord Shiva - Red and Tawny hair; Lord Indra - Golden hair; Lord Agni - Tawny hair; and Lord Vishnu - Yellow and Green hair like Munja grass; who also has dark skin. read more

Krishna is the human form of Vishnu, and is the son of Nanda and Devaki. The legend says that Nanda and his spouse were amazed when they saw the beauty of the dark-skinned infant. Also Krishna has many names, among those Krishna “the Black”. Other Hindu Gods have colors as well. read more

Bharadwaj Sundar and Naresh Nil re-imagined Hindu deities as dark skinned to crush the stereotype we follow and challenged our white skin obsession. They came up with a photo shoot to depict God and Goddesses in dark skin colour and titled it as “Dark is Divine”. read more