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  HINDU TRINITY hindu-trinity-brahma-vishnu-mahesh Hindu Trinity or Trimurti is a concept in Hinduism which consists of three gods namely  Brahma ,  Vishnu  and  Shiva  or  Mahesh .   In this trinity the cosmic function of creation, maintenance and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma, the creator, Vishnu. the maintainer or preserver and Shiva, the destroyer. These three Gods represents three highest manifestations of the one ultimate reality. Each God in the Trinity has his wife; to Brahma is  Saraswati , the goddess of knowledge. For Vishnu is  Laxmi , the goddess of wealth; for Shiva is  Kali (Parvati) , the goddess of power and destruction. The first one  Brahma  is considered as the mystical  creator . He is the particular energy of evolution. Many Hindus believe that all other Gods originate from Brahma. Like other Gods he sits upon lotus throne. His four faces stands for four corners of the univer...

   VEDIC LITERATURE vedic-literature-india Vedic literature of India claims to be the oldest texts only after the literatures of Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilization. They are regarded as the oldest literature of Sanskrit and Hinduism. The Sanskrit term Veda means knowledge. They have been written in Sanskrit language. There are four Vedas, the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharv Veda. These are four feet on which Hindu civilization stands. Each veda has again been classified in to the Arnyakas, the Brahmans and the Upnishad. The first compilation the  Rig Veda  is the oldest of the four Samhitas or collection. It is a collection of about 1028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and about 10,000 verses in all. Rig Veda is organized in to 10 books. These books are called  Mandals . The hymns of Rig Veda express peoples reaction to the wonder of existence, the beauty of the earth and power of existence. As the ritualistic religion developed the need for hymn...