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List of Hindu Deities
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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. Trimurti (“Three Forms”): gods Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma Vishnu resting on Shesha with Lakshmi and Brahma Vishnu Colorful relief sculpture of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi seated on a pink lotus flower, holding lotus blossoms, flanked by two elephants, in a Vrindavan temple in India. the 10 avatars (Dashavatara) of Vishnu Krishna and Radha Hindu god Rama Hanuman carrying a mountain with magic healing herbs Venkateswara

List of Hindu Deities: References & Edit History

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  • Charles Preston
    Charles Preston is Associate Editor for Religion at Encyclopædia Britannica.

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