What gods did the Hindus worship?

Answer 1

HOLA

Bien, Amigo.

As you know hindus believe in many Gods and Goddesses. The major Gods and Goddesses are Vishnu and his avataras, Rama, Krishna; Shiva and his sons, Ganesha, Kartikeya. Along with that we have the monkey God, Hanuman. Some worship Mother Goddess Durga, who has nine listed avataras. The spouses of Gods, Lakshmi (Vishnu), Sita (Rama), Rukmani, Radha (Krishna), and Parvati (Shiva) are also worshiped. So is the Goddess of Learning, Saraswati, who is sometimes taken as the spouse of Brahma, the creator God. Hindus worship all but also have a chosen deity with whom they are closely attached.

Answer 2

If by "Indian" you mean people from the Indian subcontinent, there are several religions which have originated there. The Hindu religion worships God under many names, each referring to a different aspect of God (e.g., Krishna - the Supreme Personality of Godhead). Buddhism does not assert either that God exists or does not exist. If, on the other hand, you are referring to Native Americans, most native traditions do not exactly "worship" God, but do assert and reverence God's existence under the names "Grandfather" or "Great Spirit."

Answer 3

Hindus have 3 basic GODS: BRAHMA, VISHNU/SHIVA (who is one god with 2 faces) and SHAKTI and they form a triad or trinity of 3 gods, (a TRI-MURTI), who are the 3 fundamental principals of Hinduism

1. BRAHMA is comparable to the God of Original Creation. Half masculine and half feminine, the female energy life force (which the goddess SHAKTI represents) gives energy, life, love and light which is necessary to animate the other principals of the Triad : Brahma and Vishnu/Shiva.

2. VISHNU comes to our world in the form of many incarnations, to save human beings and just souls who are in difficulty. His second function is to teach human beings the road leading to the Kingdom beyond. SHIVA, the second aspect of VISHNU, determines the destiny of human beings and judges their souls. He can take away their life or lead them to reincarnation. As the Supreme Progenitor, his symbol is the LINGUM (Phallus) or organ of procreation. SHAKTI or SATI, his consort is the YONI (the womb). She is indispensable and accepts the sperm.
3. SHAKTI, the goddess of omnipresent energy. She is also the cohesive aspect (Sattva) which is needed to quicken the inert bodies of the 3 great masculine gods. Released from BRAHMA, she is the basis of his thought, and a form of Mother-Goddess whom the men of antiquity had always worshipped.

Now comes the tricky part - from these 3 (actually 4) supreme GODS emanate (through incarnation) thousands of other gods specific to a region (kingdom) and period. Hindus believe in all GODS but may worship a specific GOD everyday based upon his family tradition. But there are occasion when each GODS has its own importance and a Hindu may/may-not decide to worship. Hindus believe almost every living thing on earth has a GOD to it.

Answer 4

There are a lot of gods in Hindu religion.But basically there is 2 groups.One is the Vishnu worshippers while the other is the Shiva worshippers.Vishnu is known as the God who saves you while Shiva is know as the God of death.There is also the creating God - Brahma,but he does not have much worshippers or temples.Under these 2 gods there are Gods like Muruga,Ganesha,Paarvathi,etc.The gods reincarnate and there are new gods.For example,Vishnu has taken a lot of life such as Krishna,Rama,etc.Some people worship Krishna while others worship Rama although both are the same Gods

Answer 5

That would depend entirely on the tribe you are talking about. Cherokee:

There were / are no "Gods" and there are / were no form of "Worship" to them. Natives believed in "Spirits" but did not worship them in any form, they simply respected them in their own domain / way.

Answer 6

gods and godesses.

Depends now day's you see Native with other belief's but my opinion to that would be The Great Sprite who made everything the one and only...

Answer 7

The 3 main gods form a Hindu Trimurti.

They are Brahma, Shiva, & Vishnu.

Answer 8

KASHERSWN is the God they belive in the one the 14 arms and 9 heads