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#Hindu Gods
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Who Is Shiva? The Destroyer Who Makes Renewal Possible
The third of the Hindu trinity is the most misunderstood. Shiva destroys, but what he destroys is whatever has stopped being alive.
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Who Is Vishnu? The Preserver Who Keeps Returning
The second of the Hindu trinity maintains the cosmos, and descends into it whenever the balance tips. His story is the story of help that arrives.
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Who Is Brahma? The Creator Almost Nobody Worships
He made the universe, and yet only a handful of temples in the world are his. The strange story of the creator god is one of mythology's best riddles.
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Who Is Ganesha? The Remover of Obstacles
The elephant-headed god is the most beloved doorkeeper in world religion. His story explains why every Hindu venture begins with his name.
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Who Is Hanuman? Strength That Forgot Itself
The monkey god who leapt an ocean is the tradition's portrait of devotion, humility, and power unlocked by love. His story is impossible not to love.
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Who Is Durga? The Goddess the Gods Created When They Failed
When no god could defeat the buffalo demon, they pooled their fire and a warrior goddess walked out of it. Durga is power with a calm face.
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Who Is Kali? The Dark Mother Misunderstood
Black-skinned, wild-haired, garlanded with skulls, and adored by millions as the most tender of mothers. Kali is the great test of reading past appearances.
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Who Is Lakshmi? The Goddess of Wealth Who Stays Nowhere She Is Mistreated
Fortune, beauty, and abundance personified, and famously restless. Lakshmi's mythology is a complete ethics of wealth in the form of a goddess.
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Who Is Saraswati? The Goddess Who Chose Knowledge Over Gold
Dressed in white, holding a veena, attended by a swan: Saraswati is learning, music, and speech made divine, and her rivalry with fortune is the best joke in the pantheon.
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Who Is Krishna? The God Who Played
Butter thief, flute player, charioteer, philosopher: Krishna is the divine at its most intimate, and the tradition's boldest answer to what God is like.









