I want to learn about Indu gods

Lord Brama is Lord of Creation, is it his dream which is reality (in English, his dream is the Matrix.) He's not often worshipped in India as Hindus believe that he is too proud. It is his consort Goddess Saraswathi which most appeal too. Lord Vishnu is the Lord of Preservation, he maintains the Universe so that we don't go *puff* in an instant. He is child-like and playful, often hard to appeal too. His consort is Goddess Lakshmi. Lord Shiva is the Lord of Destruction, his powers ensure the continual cycle of life. Often depicted as quick to anger but easy to please, he is often the one to appeal too. His consort is Goddess Parvati, better known as the terrifying Goddess Kali The three Gods mentioned above are the three main male Gods. Their consorts part as important as they do in Hindu believes. Goddess Saraswathi is the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom, a good Goddess to appeal too for students, doctors, etc Goddess Lakshmi is the Goddess of Beauty and Abundance, a lesser known aspect of her is enlightenment. Goddess Parvati/Kali is the Goddess of Destruction, her represents the feminine side of destruction. There are a lot of other Hindu Gods and many (often conflicting) mythologies about them. The best way to understand them is to look beyond the symbolism and understand the principles and natural laws they represent. My knowledge in this vast and wonderful source of wisdom is limited, please help me add on :)

Just wanted to let you know that Hinduism is vast and it varies a lot...to each and every individual, his own God. The basic concept of God in Hinduism is this. The supreme God is called ParaBrahman. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the creative, supportive and destructive aspects of the same ParaBrahman. Just as your son calls you 'father', your wife calls you 'husband' and your mother calls you 'son', your brother/sister calls you as a 'brother', a friend calls you 'friend', the person being the same but the relationship different..(ok.. I know you would have got the idea now;)) Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are names given to different manifestations of the same Supreme Divinity. This ParaBrahman (also called the Primal Purusha)is infinity, unmanifested and attributeless. It's power (otherwise called Shakti or Prakriti) is that which runs this Universe. Just as wetness cannot be separated from water, heat cannot be separated from the sun, so also Purusha and His power Prakriti(this is what we call 'Nature')cannot be separated. Purusha is considered Male and Prakriti is considered Female. ParaBrahman does not do anything...It is a silent witness... whereas it is Prakriti that creates this world, supports it as well as destroys it and then creates again! Again, there are so many Puranas(stories connected with a Deity) each dedicated to a different God and in each Purana its own Deity is considered as form of ParaBrahman and the others are shown as less intelligent or less stronger or whatever. This is just to instil faith in those who consider their God as the Ultimate Truth. The Saivites are those who consider Lord Shiva supreme, the Vaishnavas consider Vishnu as supreme, the Shaktas consider the Divine Mother(who has different manifestations as Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvathi, Durga, Kali etc) supreme etc. This is just one aspect of Hinduism. There are also many ways of attaining salvation in Hinduism. There are as many beliefs too. Paramatma is also another name for ParaBrahman. Hinduism believes that within every thing in this Universe, Paramatma exists. This can be otherwise called Universal Consciousness. The individual consciousness is called Jivatma(in other words, the soul). The advaitic concept confirms that Jivatma and Paramatma are one and the same. and salvation consists of attaining Universal Consciousness(called Moksha). The Vashishtadvaita concept says though God and soul in essence are the same, they differ like the ocean and the waves of the ocean. The dwaita concept says that soul and Parabrahman are different and cannot be the same. There are still more concepts.. but these three are the main ones. Those who follow the path of Mimamsa(which places more stress on rituals and karma)do not bother about God. For them doing their karma itself will bring them salvation. I guess this is the path of the atheists. So atheists can also be Hindus! This is the uniqueness of Hinduism.

WELL according to what i have lisent from my elder there are nearly more than sixty six crore and even more than that GOD and GODDESS now just tell me about which one do you wanna know because we have uncountable caste in hindu. we belive that there are three GOD's bharma,vishnu and mahesh (shakti) they control this world and they are the one who produced us they are the one who take care of good and bad in this world and maintain the balance. It is said that Shakti is combination of mahesh and his wife when they both are together than it is complete shakti and untill then they are said adhi shakti that mean half power as husband is nothing without her wife that is also with god he is nothing without his wife.

First of all it is Hindu Gods and not Indu gods. ScammerWear has given you a detailed description, though there are a few corrections to it. In Hinduism unlike most religions the supreme power is a female known as Adi-Parashakti. This Goddess created three Gods namely Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu ( The Sustainer) and Shiva (The Destroyer). Brahma creates everything in life. Vishnu makes sure that everything created remains as it should be. When things start going wrong, Shiva destroys it and then the cycle continues. Brahma is not worshipped much and that is not because he is proud or anything. It is because of a curse inflicted on him by Rishi Bhrigu. This story also highlights the fact that Hinduism considers Knowledge to be paramount. That a Rishi or Saint who with his extensive knowledge gains power enough to curse a God for neglecting him. Vishnu is quite a popular God and is supposed to have take 10 avatars, one in each age, to help the world sustain itself. The current age in which we live is supposed to be the age when he will take his 10th avatar. This age is known as Kaliyuga. According to Hindu mythology, some of the things that depict Kaliyuga is "People start buying water", "Pursuit of money becomes more important than pursuit of knowledge" and most of us would agree that these two are really the hallmark of this age. Shiva is the destroyer and as ScammerWear rightly points, he is both easy to please and anger. The hallmark of this God is he shuns all aspects of richness in life. He lives in the mountains and is at home with his ganas and loves the arts of dance and music. The famous Natraj is nothing but dancing Lord Shiva. Each of these Gods have wives who are Goddesses. Saraswathi the wife of Brahma is the Goddess of learning. The idea is that with creation, learning is coupled. Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, is the Goddess of Money. The idea is with sustainance, money is coupled. Parvathi, the wife of Shiva, is Goddess of both fine arts and destruction. The idea is with destroyer, destructor is coupled. So if you think it through, the significance of all these is pretty important. Someone else mentioned 60,000 odd gods. Actually that is not true, Hinduism does have a few gods apart from the 6 mentioned above, but most of them are either incarnations of the above or are children of above like Ganesh and Karthik are sons of Lord Shiva and have attained Godly status. The rest of the 60,000 odd are actually Devas or demi-gods who are associated with various artefacts of nature and art. For e.g. Vayu is the god of wind, Surya is the god of sun and so on and so forth. Hope this gives a small peek into the world of Hinduism. I always end my discussion on Hinduism with this line: Hinduism long back transceded the lines of religion and has become a culture, but these days people are misinterpreting it and are trying to pull it back to a religion!! Cheers! Ram

Hi Missak :) Admittedly I know next to nothing about Hindu gods but I couldn't resist checking out this post. What a wealth of information. I'm glad that you share your interests with us in your posts so that those of us who don't necessarily think to ask the questions have the opportunity to learn from yours.

There are so many gods in Hindu religion but the main god is Bahman (not Bramha) his creations are Bramha,Vishnu,Maheshwara & Maa shakti They created two important things 1.Man(meaning the one who survives on the land) 2.Earth(meaning the one which has the power to give birth to others )