How many Hindu gods are there?: Quick Facts

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Colorful, ornate entrance wall of a Hindu temple featuring detailed statues of gods including Ganesh, Vishnu, Shiva, Krishna, and Minakshi, surrounded by floral and mythological decorations.

Indra, king of the Vedic gods

Painting depicting Hindu gods Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma with Ganesha standing and paying homage to Mahadevi, who is seated on a lotus and playing a stringed instrument.

Krishna reveals his manifold form in the Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Sculpture of Adi Shankaracharya seated cross-legged, holding a staff and wearing prayer beads, set in a decorated arch at his birthplace in Kalady.

Friedrich Max Müller

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