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HOW MANY GOD'S ARE THERE IN HINDUISM ?

Our religious scriptures say that there is only one god and the remaining all other
creations are his Manifestations."

Brahma the creator (in charge of raja-guna the quality of passion).Brahma, the
creator (or secondary creator, since he is born of Vishnu, the original creator). Direct
worship of Brahma is rare, and in India there is only one major temple dedicated to
him in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Some consider him to be worshipped indirectly through
the chanting of the Gayatri mantra, since Gayatri is one of his consorts.
Vishnu the maintainer On charge of sattva-guna the quality of goodness).Vishnu,
all-pervading yet also a person. He is most often worshipped in his forms as Krishna
and Rama
Shiva the destroyer (in charge of tama-guna the quality of ignorance).Shiva, with
his carrier, Nandi the bull. Shiva is in charge of universal destruction, though he also
has a role in creation. He represents the male principle within this world, while his
female counterpart, Shakti, is his consort and the personification of material energy
(Mother Nature).
God also exists beyond this world, as an impersonal force and/or as the Supreme
Person. Most commonly that transcendent Supreme is identified with Vishnu, or one
of his forms (such as Krishna, Rama, or Narayana).

Sanskrit: "Ekam evadvitiyam"


Translation: "He is One only without a second."
[Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]1
Sanskrit: "Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah."
Translation: "Of Him there are neither parents nor lord."
[Svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9]2
Sanskrit: "Na tasya pratima asti"
Translation: "There is no likeness of Him."
[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:19]3
Sanskrit: "Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."
Translation: "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye.
[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]4

Sanskrit: "na tasya pratima asti


Translation: "There is no image of Him."
Yajurveda 32:3]5

Sanskrit: "shudhama poapvidham"


Translation: "He is bodyless and pure."
[Yajurveda 40:8]6

There is only one god and there is no image for him but he can take any form or can
take many forms (Avatars). So, from this statement, lord Vishnu and his avatars
(Krishna, Rama) are one and the same and so, is worshipable in any form.

Lord Krishna on showing his vishwa swaroop darshan to arjuna. (vishwa swaroop
means that the original form of the supreme god expands over the whole universe
and so, in full, is not visible to anyone). If you see above, heads of all deities are
attached to lord Krishna (Vishnu) head. So, lord Krishna indicates arjuna that
number of such deities attached in form of my head spans up to millions. Hence, my
image in full cannot be seen by human. He also indicated that all deities are his
manifestations and everything is derived from him.
There is only one god in Hinduism and the millions of other are not god but
dieties(demi-god) with magnificent and supreme power.
Lord shiva is known as mahadev. Maha means Great, Supreme and dev means
deity.
4) Vedas clearly specify that there is one and only One Ishwar (God).

The Vedas refer to not millions of dieties but 33 types (Koti in Sanskrit) of dieties.
These are 8 Vasus (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Sky, Moon, Sun, Stars/ Planets) that form
components of universe where we live,
10 Life Forces in our body or Prana (Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana, Samaana, Naga,
Kurma, Kukala, Devadatta) and 1 Soul called Rudra,
12 Aditya or months of year,
1 Vidyut or Electromagnetic force that is of tremendous use to us
1 Yajna or constant noble selfless deeds done by humans.

Now praying to these deities is a matter of belief. Our scriptures say that the
supreme lord has created these deities (demi-god) in nature and each such demigod has the power of destroying the world or preserving the world. Ex: Air (Lord
Pawan) is the necessity of every human being to live but the same air can turn into
cyclone or bloomder to create great havoc and destruction. Same kind of
destruction and necessity we have with fire (Lord Agni), water (Lord Indra) etc. So,
each of these demi-god are also worshipped for their blessings so that they don't
create any havoc on earth. It is further said that gods (demi-gods) on order of the
supreme god comes, on earth in different forms so as to remove evil & fear and
maintain truth, peace and harmony. Each of this human-born god forms are
manifestation of the demi-god who themselves are the energies of the supreme lord
and that is why, this human-born god forms are also worshipped. Over the time,
many such human-born god forms came to earth through generations and all of
them were worshipped, which ultimately resulted in millions of gods (Dieties). In
addition to this, each human clan has their own deity which is called as kul devi or
kul dev (Kul means clan) shown as his manifestations

Following text from Rig-Veda will prove my point of one god:


Ek? sadvipr bahudh vadanti Agni? Yama? Mtarivnam hu? -RV (1/164/46).
(God is one but people call Him by many names like Agni, yama, Mtariv etc.)

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