The+Gods+of+India

=Introduction: =

The ancient people of India had very simple forms of worship. Worshipping to idols was unheard of and in the earliest civilizations they had yet not worshipped in Gods and Goddessess. Their main focus on beliefs were on mother nature. As time went on the people founded the Vedas and more of the Gods and Goddessess were then created and worshipped.

=The Gods of India =
 * __Deva__ - The Devas are supernatural non-human beings that all share the same characteristics of super power, and a long life. A more ideal life than the average person; always better.
 * __Brahma__ - The God of creation, He is shown as four heads that represent the four Vedas. In the Ramayana he is considered the great ancestor of any and all human beings.
 * __Vishnu__ - The God of protection, maintance, and sustanence; he introduced the souls into the circle of life with Brahma maintaining them. The master of essence and powerful of the past, the present, the future, and beyond. To be the creater and destroyer of all of the elements.
 * __Shiva__ - The God of destruction, He was worshipped in the form of a "linga". In the Shaivia tradition in Hinduism, Shiva is seen as a supreme God, in Smarta tradition he as seen as one of the 5 primary forms of God.
 * __Rama__ - Rama is imaged to be the ideal man and the perfect human. He is also one of the most popular figures in Hinduism.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Krishna_holding_flute.jpg/275px-Krishna_holding_flute.jpg width="168" height="197" align="right" caption="Krishna " link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Krishna_holding_flute.jpg"]] The many details described by the people all come from Ramayana an Indian Epic.
 * __Krishna__ - Krishna is pervieved as a young boy, playing the flute, giving guidence to Bhagavad Gita. There is a broad spectum of philosphical and theological traditions and ideas**.** Main scriptures that include him are the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana. He was important on the growth of regional and performing arts.
 * __Ganesha__ - The God that worshipped at any important action that was of art or business. He is shown in the form of an elephant head in the body of a human with four arms and a huge belly. He is known to remove all delays that get in the way.
 * __Murugan__ - A supernatural character that is popular within the Hindu's. In southern India more of the people worship him. Murugan is the God of Tamils, Budhists and Sri Lanka Hindu's all have a high stake for Murugan he is very sacred to the people and they usually have a shrine or temple that is dedicated to Murugan.
 * __Hanuman__ - He is known as Anjaneya as well, he is one of the most important of the Go[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/StandingHanumanCholaDynasty11thCentury.jpg/275px-StandingHanumanCholaDynasty11thCentury.jpg width="149" height="163" align="right" caption="Hanuman - Most important of the Gods and Goddesses in Ramayana" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StandingHanumanCholaDynasty11thCentury.jpg"]]ds and Goddessess in Ramayana an Indian epic.
 * __Indra__ - Indra is the King of Gods and ruler of all heavens, He's an exceptional warrior. People also classfiy him as God of thunder and rain, his stories tell of how he lost the heavens to the demons. Eventually his repuation diminished in Hinduism when the Trimurti arose.
 * __Surya__ -Surya is the chief in Hinduism, it is said he is made up with gold hair and arms, and rides a chariot with seven horses and one horse with seven heads that represents the colors of the rainbow. In their religious literature is mentioned as the visible God.


 * In **//Ramayana//** the Indian epic that was mentioned above, was a moral story for the people that taught how people should behave.

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