Gods of Hinduism

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The Sanatana Dharma, or "eternal faith," known today as Hinduism




For Vaishnavites, Lord Vishnu is God. For Saivites, God is Siva. For Saktas, Goddess Sakti is supreme. For Smartas, liberal Hindus, the choice of Deity is left to the devotee. 


Hinduism's  primary modern-day denominations: Siva, Sakti, Vishnu, Ganesha and Murugan.


Saivism is the oldest religion. Worshiping God Siva.


Saktism reveres the Supreme as the Divine Mother, Sakti or Devi.


Vaishnavism is an ancient Hindu sect centering on the worship of Lord Vishnu and His incarnations, especially Krishna and Rama.


Smartism is an ancient brahminical tradition reformed by Sankara in the ninth century. Worshiping six forms of God, this liberal Hindu path is monistic, nonsectarian, meditative and philosophical.


India-wide consolidation of the Hindu faiths of his time under the banner of Advaita Vedanta. To unify the worship,  popularized the ancient Smarta five-Deity altar--Ganapati, Surya, Vishnu, Siva and Sakti--and added Kumara. From these, devotees may choose their "preferred Deity,"   The teachings of Adi Sankara, the monk-philosopher known as shanmata sthapanacharya.


God Siva is the Supreme Being, the Lord of lords. He is the inner Self of all beings.
To create, preserve, destroy, conceal and reveal are His five powers. At the deepest level, nothing exists apart from Him..


Siva is the five-fold manifestation: Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, the preserver; Rudra, the destroyer; Maheshvara, the veiling Lord, and Sadashiva, the revealer. 


Ganesha, Karttikeya, Indra, Agni and all the 330 million Gods of Hinduism are beings just as we are, created by Lord Siva .




Lord Ganesha is the elephant-faced Patron of Art and Science, the Lord of Obstacles and Guardian of Dharma. His will prevails as the force of righteousness, the embodiment of Siva's karmic law in all three worlds.


Lord Ganesha to oversee the intricate karmas and dharmas within the heavens and all the earths. Lord Ganesha was created as a governor and interplanetary, intergalactic Lord. His knowledge is infinite, His judgment is just.


Guiding on the right path toward dharmic destiny. He is intricate of mind, loving pomp, delighting in all things sweet and enjoying adulation.


Lord of Karma, Lord of Obstacles  Ganesha removes obstacles. This Lord of Obstacles prevents us from hurting ourselves through living under an incomplete concept or making a request unneeded or beginning an endeavor not well thought out.


Lord Ganesha, the God of time and memory.






Lord Karttikeya, Murugan, first guru and Pleiadean master of kundalini yoga


Lord Karttikeya, God of will, direct cognition and the purest, child-like divine love, propels us onward on the righteous way through religion.


Revered as Murugan in the South, He is commander in chief of the great devonic army, a fine, dynamic soldier of the within, a fearless defender of righteousness.