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Is the creator of all reality vishnu or krishna is the preserver of all of the creations and shiva is the destroyer. Here are just some of the many hindu gods and goddesses.

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Illustrations of major deities include parvati vishnu sri lakshmi shiva sati brahma and saraswati.

What are the gods of hinduism. Manuel breva colmeiro getty images. Gilbert john elliot murray kynynmound 4th earl of minto. Brahman vishnu and shiva are the highest gods of hinduism.

Gods of hinduism brahma the creator. The son of shiva and parvati the pot bellied elephant god ganesha is the lord of success knowledge and. Brahma is the source the seed and the creator of all beings in this world.

At the time of creation he emerged as the first differentiated consciousness the first ego from the primal. Kali is wrathful to her enemies and protective and fiercely loyal of her devotees. They rose to prominence subsequently during the eastern and southern expansion of the vedic religion in the indian subcontinent.

It is an entire realm of knowledge and practice unto itself ranging from the childlike wonder of the unknown and the mysterious to the deep reverence which comes with understanding of esoteric interworkings of the three worlds. Vishnu the preserver vishnu is the second member of the hindu trinity. The highest gods of hinduism.

These gods do not form part of the early vedic pantheon. Brahma the god of pure consciousness. 10 of the most important hindu gods.

Brahma the creator brahma is the first member of the hindu trinity and is the creator. He is also the revealers of sacred knowledge including the vedas. Shiva represents death and dissolution destroying worlds so they may be.

Kali is the most wrathful aspect of the goddess the archetypal feminine force of shakti which is venerated in hinduism a religion that not only worships women as gods just like men but also worships them in all of their aspects including terrible and wrathful. In the hindu faith there is a trinity as in the christian faith where god is in three persons. Travel ink getty images.

The hindu deity concept varies from a personal god as in yoga school of hindu philosophy to 33 vedic deities to hundreds of puranics of hinduism. Shiva the destroyer shiva is the third member of the hindu trinity. God and gods of hinduism devotion to god and the gods of hinduism is known as bhakti.