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There is only one God in Hinduism - but He/She can take any form, and does; in Hinduism, God is worshipped in millions of different forms. It has been said, that Hindus don't believe in many gods, or one god, but only God. In Hinduism, God is the unmanifest which exists in His creation -- therefore, everything that exists (from the Sun, Moon, and each human being) has some part of the Divinity within them and should be treated with respect as sacred. The metaphor used is that God is like the Spider, who produces His web (the Universe) from within Himself. A few popular forms that God is worshipped in, include: Vishnu (and his human incarnation Krishna), Siva, Kali, Durga, Ganesha (the elephant-headed god). Hindus believe in polytheism and monotheism.
Hinduism has thousands of gods. The three main ones are Brahma (the creator god), Vishnu (the protector god), and Shiva (the destroyer god). Another important god is Ganesha. He symbolizes intelligence (he is the god with the elephant head). All gods are manifestations of one supreme spirit, Brahman (Not to be confused with the creator god, Brahma). Brahman is not a god, but a spirit inside of everything.
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This is a rather complex question to answer. There are at least 33 gods that are represented within the Hindu religion, a few of them being Ganesha, Krishna, and Vishnu. All of these gods became gods because they gained knowledge of the Progenitor of the race of Man known to the Hindu's as Prajapati (the golden reed standing in the waters), or more specifically, Brahman. However, Brahman and those 33 lesser gods are merely aspects of the One God, That which created all of them, and That which created you, which incidentally, has no name, but is referred to within the Rg Veda as Skambha.

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