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Shiva as we know him today shares many features with the Vedic god Rudra, [95] and both Shiva and Rudra are viewed as the same personality in Hindu scriptures. The two names are used synonymously. Rudra, a Rigvedic deity with fearsome powers, was the god of the roaring storm.
Mitra, the god of oaths, promises, and friendships; Varuna, the god of water the seas, the oceans, and rain; Indra, also called Śakra, the king of gods, and the god of weather, storms, rain, and war; Savitr, the god of the morning sun; associated with Surya; Aṃśa, solar deity; associated with Surya; Aryaman the god of customs, hospitality ...
Bir Kuar or Birkuar, also known as Birnath, is a Hindu cattle-god worshipped by the herder-class of Ahirs of western Bihar in India. He is considered to be a form of the god, Krishna. Nandi, or Nandikeshvara is the name for the bull which serves as the mount of the god Shiva and as the gatekeeper of Shiva and Parvati.
[332] [333] [334] The Yoga school of Hinduism accepted the concept of a "personal god" and left it to the Hindu to define his or her god. [335] Advaita Vedanta taught a monistic, abstract Self and Oneness in everything, with no room for gods or deity, a perspective that Mohanty calls, "spiritual, not religious". [ 336 ]
In the Indian subcontinent, Christians who speak Urdu translate the word "God" as "Khuda" (خُدا) as God in Urdu is called Khuda, Although even Hindi speaking christians sometimes uses Khuda as a term to refer to God, though his personal name is rendered as "Yahovah" (यहोवा, یہوّاہ) or "Yahvah" (यहवा, یہوہ).
Edelmann states that gods and anti-gods of Hinduism are symbolism for spiritual concepts. For example, god Indra (a Deva) and the antigod Virocana (an Asura) question a sage for insights into the knowledge of the self. [70] Virocana leaves with the first given answer, believing now he can use the knowledge as a weapon.
Kavadi Attam (Tamil:காவடி ஆட்டம்) is a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War. [7] It is often performed during the festival of Thaipusam and emphasises debt bondage. The Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God ...
The date of Krishna's birth is celebrated every year as Janmashtami. [ 145 ] [ page needed ] According to Guy Beck, "most scholars of Hinduism and Indian history accept the historicity of Krishna – that he was a real male person, whether human or divine, who lived on Indian soil by at least 1000 BCE and interacted with many other historical ...