Hindu Gods and Hindu Goddesses
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"There can really be as many Hindu Gods as there are devotees to suit
the moods, feelings, emotions & social background of the devotees."
Sri RamaKrishna
The Hindu
Pantheon of Gods is vast. But in fact Hindus are a monotheistic
religion worshipping one God. Hindus believe that there is only
one ultimate reality; Brahman. Brahman is a supreme spirit that
permeates everything. Brahman is entirely impersonal, and entirely
impossible to describe. Everything in the universe is part of
Brahman, but Brahman is more than the sum of everything in the universe.
The
Hindu gods Shiva,
Parvati,
Krishna,
Vishnu,
Lakshmi,
Ganesh,
Nataraja,
Devi,
Saraswati,
Shakti,
Buddha,
Kali,
Murugan,
Patanjali, and
Hanuman serve as a way in which
devotees can see, touch and feel this unknowable God, Brahman.
They give the layperson a tangible, knowable aspect of the Supreme
Being. Each of the Hindu Gods represents one aspect of Brahman.
Shiva takes on the destructive aspect of Brahman. Vishnu preserves
the working order of the universe. Each Hindu God is one tiny
aspect of the Supreme Being.
Below are listed many of the most well known Hindu gods within the Hindu
pantheon:
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