How many gods and goddesses are there in the Hindu religion?

Answer 1

Traditionally it is believed to be around 330 million, but it's really meant to say infinity, as there are many aspects to the many deities found within Hinduism.

Answer 2

Actually many people in ignorance of Vedas say that Hinduism has many gods while Hinduism is a monotheist religion.

Vedas says:

Na dvitityo Na triyaschthurtho naapyuchyate|

N a panchamo Na shshtah sapthmo naapyuchyate|

Nashtamo Na navamo dashamo naapyuchyate|

Yagna yetham devamekavritham veda

Sa sarvassai vi pashyathi yachha praanathi yachhana|

Tamidam nigatam sah sa yesha yeka yekavrideka yeva|

Ya yetham devamekavritham veda

Atharva 13.4[2]19-20

There is no second God, nor a third, nor is even a fourth spoken of

There is no fifth God or a sixth nor is even a seventh mentioned.

There is no eighth God, nor a ninth. Nothing is spoken about a tenth even.

This unique power is in itself. That Lord is only one, the only omnipresent. It is one and the only one.

Hence, there is only ONE god in Hinduism and remaining are his manifestations.

Answer 3

Hindus have gods called Annapurna, Ganesha, Maya, Balrama, Garuda, Ram, Bhuvaneshwari,Hanuman,Sarawati,Brahma,Indra,Shakti,Kali,Shiva,Dhanwantari,KartikaSita,Dhumavati,Krishna,Vamana,Durga,Kurma,Vishnu,Ganga,Laksmi and Matanqi.

33 million gods

THERE ARE SIX GODS AND FOUR GODDESSES IN HINDUISM:There is a Hindu belief that there are 330 million Hindu gods. This means that every Hindu can have a god, specifically designed for him.

However, theoretically, there can be just seven gods and seven goddesses in Hinduism. Practically, they are lesser.

THE BASIC HINDU GODS:

They are,

1. Indra - god of dreaming

2. Shakti - goddess of illusion

3. Brahma - god of creativity

4. Vishnu - god of stabilization

5. Shiva - God of determination

6. Shani - god of status change

7. Yama - god of compulsion

The seven gods merge to form the supreme Hindu god Brahman. Conversely, the seven gods spring from Brahman.

The peripheral gods give less control over our lives but are more powerful. They are meant to be used as a last resort.

Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are main line Hindu gods. Shani and Shakti are second choice. Indra and Yama are supposed to play a role after our death only.

BRAHMAN, GODS AND GODDESSES:

All the seven gods are made of two elements viz. Saguna Brahman (facilitating force, Purusha, masculine) and Nirguna Brahman (retarding force, Prakriti, feminine). The Prakriti component of a god is what we call goddess.

THE GODDESSES:

Theoretically, there can be seven Hindu goddesses. However, the consorts of Brahma (Saraswati), Vishnu (Lakshmi) and Shiva (Parvati) and Shakti are the only goddesses. A Hindu depends on Shakti when he is totally helpless.

Shakti is considered as feminine even though it has a masculine component. This belief is necessary to prevent the seven gods merging to form Brahman, which would remove our belief in god, because Brahman is absolute fact. Thus, there are just six Hindu gods, though there can be seven.

BRAHMAN:

Brahman, though considered as the supreme Hindu god, is absolute fact and thus not exactly a god. It is considered as god because all Hindu gods are derived from it. Unlike a god, it doesn't bring about any change in our life and just opposes changes in life. Thus, it can be used only when our life is perfect.

Therefore, no Hindu worships Brahman.

Thus, there are six gods and four goddesses and a Supreme god in Hinduism. All other gods and goddesses are secondary, derived from the basic Hindu gods and goddesses.

Answer 4

To know Hinduism it is always better to get a Hindu's answer.

We have only one supreme power as God and this one God manifests in various forms and names to create govern and destroy the unwanted things of this Universe.

Siva, Vishnu, Brahma, Sakthi,Ganesh and Skantha are six major manifestations of the one God forming six sub religions Saivism, Vaishnavism, Ganapathyam,Gowmaram, Saktham and Sowmaram.

Vishnu is always surrounded and praised by 33 crores of angels called Devatas. Only this factor the Abraham religion preachers are wantonly tilting to make a mockery of Hinduism. Since Hindus are not interested in proselytism they left this mischief played by Abraham preachers unnoticed. Only now we come to know about this due to open forums.

Answer 5

Beleiving is god. There is only god one as I know i.e. mother. As God cant be everywhere he has sent mother of all living beings.

Answer 6

Billions, anything that they make a god is a god.

Answer 7

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