Categories: Hindu mythology stubs | Hindu goddesses Hinduism (Sanskrit/Hindi —, also known as , and ) is a religion originating in the Indian subcontinent, based on the Vedas and the beliefs of other people of India. ... Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ... Itihasa (Sanskrit: इतिहास - itihāsa in IAST notation, literally meaning that which happened) is the word for History. ... Image File history File links Hindu_swastika. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article concerns the Hindu creator god, Brahma. ... For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Hindu God Åšiva. ... Lord Rama (center) with wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman. ... Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST , Sanskrit for black or dark) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Lord Ganesha In Hinduism, Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश or श्रीगणेश ( (help· info)) (when used to distinguish lordly status) (or lord of the hosts, also spelled as Ganesa and Ganesh, sometimes also referred to as Ganapati) is one of the most well-known and venerated representations of God (Brahman). ... Kartikeya(extreme right) in Durga Puja In Hinduism, Kārttikeya (also Skanda, Subrahmanya, Kumara, Arumugan, Shanmugan, Murugan, Guha, Saravana, Swaminatha, Velan, Velavan, Senthil) is a god born out of a magical spark created by Shiva. ... In Hinduism, Venkateshwara (also spelled as Venkateswara, Venkateshwer or Venkatachalapathi) is a much-worshipped form of Vishnu. ... Vithoba (Vitthala) and his consort Rakhumai (Rukmini) Vithoba is a colloquial form of Vitthala, one of the manifestations of the Hindu God Vishnu. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... This article is in need of attention. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gayatri (gāyatrÄ« Sanskrit: गायत्री) is the feminine form of gāyatra, a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn. ... Saraswati, goddess of knowledge Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती) is the first of the three great goddesses of Hinduism, the other two being Lakshmi and Durga. ... Image of Goddess Lakshmi Sculpture of Lakshmi In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी ) is the goddess of wealth, light, wisdom and fortune, as well as (secondarily) luck, beauty and fertility. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This 14th century statue depicts Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In Hinduism, Gowri or Dakshayani is the Goddess of marital felicity and longevity, who is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of... It has been suggested that Durgastami be merged into this article or section. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A common scene depicting Kali standing over Shiva. ... This article is about Sita Devi, the wife of Rama. ... Image of the holy pindis Vaishno Devi, a sacred shrine revered by Hindus, is dedicated to the goddess Devi. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद), collectively refers to a corpus of ancient Indo-Aryan religious literature that are associated with the Vedic civilization and are considered by adherents of Hinduism to be revealed knowledge. ... The Upanishads (उपनिषद्, Upanişad) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... The Puranas (Sanskrit पुराण, purāṇá ancient, since they focus on ancient history of the universe) are part of Hindu Smriti; these religious scriptures discuss varied topics like devotion to God in his various aspects, traditional sciences like Ayurveda, Jyotish, cosmology, concepts like dharma, karma, reincarnation and many others. ... The Rāmāyaņa (Sanskrit: रामायण (a sandhi form of rāma-ayana = march or journey (Ä€yana) of Rāma) is part of the Hindu smriti, written by Valmiki. ... The Mahabharata (Devanagari: महाभारत, phonetically Mahābhārata - see note), sometimes just called Bharata, is one of the two major ancient Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Ramayana. ...