An encyclopaedia of gods, goddesses, and their avatars — with iconography, mantras, and festival connections from classical Hindu tradition.
ब्रह्मा
Brahma
Brahma is the creator of the universe in the Hindu Trimurti, alongside Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.
विष्णु
Vishnu
Vishnu is the preserver and protector of the universe — the supreme deity for the Vaishnava tradition.
शिव
Shiva
Shiva is the destroyer and transformer within the Trimurti — the one who dissolves the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle so that creation may begin anew.