Parvati
Overview Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is revered as the goddess associated with power, energy, nourishment, h...
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Overview Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is revered as the goddess associated with power, energy, nourishment, h...
Overview Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillaiyar, is one of the most widely revered deities in the Hindu pantheon. He is identified by his elephant head and four arms, an...
Overview Lakshmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, IAST: Lakṣmī; also spelled Laxmi), also known as Shri (श्री, Śrī), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is revered as the goddess of fortune, wealth, prosperity, beau...
Overview Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī), also spelled Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, mu...
Overview Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, IAST: Durgā, meaning "The Inaccessible One" or "The Impenetrable One") is one of the principal deities in Hinduism. She is widely worshipped within Shaktism, the goddess-centric tradi...
Overview Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, "The Auspicious One"), also known as Mahadeva ("The Great God") and Hara ("The Remover"), is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, on...
Overview Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti) is a concept in Hinduism denoting the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence. The Sanskrit term carries the literal senses of energy, ability, stre...
Overview Kali (Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also known as Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death, and destruction. She is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is rega...
Overview Mahesh is a term used in several contexts in Indian culture and geography. It is most widely known as an epithet of the Hindu deity Shiva, and is also a common personal name used across India. The word may ad...
Overview Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST: Viṣṇu, meaning 'All Pervasive'), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Within Vaishnavism, one of the major contemporary Hindu tradition...
Overview Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a Hindu deity referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the triad of supreme divinity in Hinduism that also includes Vishnu and Shiva. He is associated with...