13 Facts About Hindu deities

Illustrations of major deities include Vishnu, Lakshmi, Shiva, Parvati, Brahma and Saraswati.

In Samkhya philosophy, Devata or Hindu deities are considered as “natural sources of energy” who have Sattva as the dominant Guna.

Hindu deities are represented with various icons and anicons, in paintings and sculptures, called Murtis and Pratimas.

Hindu deities have been adopted in other religions such as Jainism, and in regions outside India, such as predominantly Buddhist Thailand and Japan, where they continue to be revered in regional temples or arts.

Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic, pantheistic, monotheistic, monistic, agnostic, atheistic, or humanist.

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Hindu deities are part of Indian mythology, both Devas and Devis feature in one of many cosmological theories in Hinduism.

In Hindu deities mythology, everyone starts as an Asura, born of the same father.

Yaska, the earliest known language scholar of India, notes Wilkins, mentions that there are three Hindu deities according to the Vedas, "Agni, whose place is on the earth; Vayu, whose place is the air; and Surya, whose place is in the sky".

Scholars state all deities are typically viewed in Hinduism as "emanations or manifestation of genderless principle called Brahman, representing the many facets of Ultimate Reality".

Murti of a Hindu deities deity is typically made by carving stone, wood working, metal casting or through pottery.

The expressions in a Murti vary in diverse Hindu deities traditions, ranging from Ugra symbolism to express destruction, fear and violence, as well as Saumya symbolism to express joy, knowledge and harmony.

Hindu deities mythology has nurtured the concept of Avatar, which represents the descent of a deity on earth.

Hindu deities becomes female, during the Samudra manthan, in the form of Mohini, to resolve a conflict between the Devas and Asuras.