- ANNAPURNA (F)
- BALRAMA/BALARAMA (M)
- symbol of strength, ideal man, protector from desires, symbol of duty, honesty and simplicity
- BHUVANESHWAR (F)
- queen of the Phenomenal World (Bhuvan)
- BRAHMA (M)
- of the Trimurti, creator
- four faces, old man, Brahmin
- DEVI (F)
- great mother goddess; creative force
- DURGA
- combats evil, rids the world of demons, destroys ignorance, goddess of sleep and creativity, introduced yoga to mankind
- consort of Shiva
- yellow-tinged skin with vampire-like teeth
- KALI
- destruction, human sacrifice
- "the black one"; portrayed with a necklace of skulls and a belt of severed arms or snakes
- DHANWANTARI/DHANWANTRI (M)
- DHUMVATI (F)
- beholder of smoke
- reeeeeaaaaaly ugly
- GANGA (F)
- purification, divinely manifested in the river river Ganges (or Ganga)
- GARUDA (M)
- messenger, king of the birds
- has head, wings, talons, beak of eagle and body and limbs of man
- HANUMAN
- monkey headed god who aids Rama in the Ramayana; gifted healer with supernatural powers who understands the curative qualities of herbs
- KARTIKAY (M)
- MATANGI (F)
- MAYA (F)
- illusion; ignorance of individual self
- SATI (F)
- wife of Shiva; reincarnated as Parvati
- SARASWATI/SARASVATI (F)
- music, arts, knowledge, science, language, invented Sanskrit, gives birth to the first man
- SHIVA (M)
- of the Trimurti, destruction
- ascetic, dreadlocks, wears animal skins, white skin from cremation ash, has a "third-eye", wears snakes as jewelry, trident
- vahana: Nandi the bull
- PARVATI/UMA (F)
- GANESH (M)
- new beginnings, good fortune, noose, axe, sweets, broken tusk to write down Mahabharata
- elephant headed fat man
- vahana: rat
- VISHNU (M)
- of the Trimurti, preserver
- blue man, holding four objects
- LAKSHMI (F)
- BHUDEVI (F)
- avatars/incarnations:
- MATYSA: fish (Biblical Noah)
- KURMA: turtle; stage in development of life where the ability to breathe air and walk out of the water is developed
- VARAHA: boar; dove down and rescued earth (Bhudevi)
- NARASINGHA: lion-headed man
- VAMANA: dwarf
- PARASURAMA
- RAMA/RAM: man with bow and arrow Ramayana
- KRISHNA: man; Mahabharata
- BUDDHA
- KALKI: still to come at the end of the present age (Kaliyuga); seated on a white horse like the Christian anti-christ
nov 11 2009 ∞
mar 24 2011 +