The Trimurti are the three primary aspects of the divine in Hinduism - Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. Each has distinct iconography and roles: Brahma has four heads, Vishnu holds a conch and discus, and Shiva dances in cycles of creation and destruction. They represent different aspects of the supreme being Brahman. Hinduism differs from Islam in allowing multiple representations of the divine rather than one singular God.

1. HINDU GODS - TRIMURTI

2. Hinduism
Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and
Nepal, as well as being an important cultural force in all other
continents.
There are innumerable wayside shrines to local goddesses or
divinized ancestors, majestic temples to the great deities such as
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, festivals, pilgrimages to rivers and
sacred places.
Hindus will often say that Hinduism also contains developed and
elaborate traditions of philosophy and theology, which can be very
different from those of the west.

3. Trimurti
 Many Hindus believe in one supreme god, whom
they call Brahman, but they worship that one god
in various forms.
 that god may be represented in masculine and
feminine ways.
 The most important of the Hindu gods who
represent some aspect of Brahman are Brahma,
Vishnu, and Siva (or Shiva).

5.  Trimuti, the prefix ''Tri''
is mean three and
''murti'' is an image or
statue representing a
particular deity. (Walter
Hazen)
 Modern Hindus do not
normally worship the
Trimurti as a deity, but
they prefer to
concentrate on
individual aspects of
god instead.

6. Brahma
-Brahma is the creator of the universe.
All living things and beings are said to
have evolved from him.
-Brahma is also believed to be responsible
for the four Vedas, the most important
Hindu sacred writings, which are said to
have come from his head.

7. Brahma is shown with four heads,
bearded faces and four arms. His
four heads enable him to look in
every direction at once and
represent the Hindu belief that God
is omniscient, or all-knowing. His
four arms represent the Hindu
belief that God is omnipotent, or
all-powerful. A deity is able to do
absolutely anything, even the
logically impossible

8. Vishnu
-Vishnu is the preserver of the universe.
-He is said to protect the world from evil,
and represents mercy and goodness.
-Vishnu is believed to have come to earth
in nine different forms, known as
avatars, or incarnations

9. Vishnu is shown as blue or
dark blue because Hindus
believe he is like the sky,
everywhere and everlasting.
He has three vertical lines
on his forehead to
symbolize that he is
member of the trimurti. In
two of his hands he holds a
discus and a mace, which
are his magic weapons.
Vishnu’s other hands
contain a white conch shell
and a lotus flower, a
symbol of purity

10. Shiva
- Shiva is the deity of destruction and a reproductive power.
- Shiva has been described as a deity of paradoxes because he
is simultaneously a renunciant and a householder, a celibate
yogin and a husband .
- Shiva is described as the supreme deity, equated with
Brahman as the source of the universe.
(Shvetasvatara Upanishad)
- In the Shaiva Puranas, Shiva is the Absolute, the God
responsible for creation, preservation and destruction of the
cosmos.

11. Shiva
- There are 2 aspects of Shiva which are the masculine
Shiva and the feminine Shakti.
- Shakti is the active power of the divine which is the agent
of creation. She becomes manifest in all the names and
forms of the cosmos.
- These two aspects is illustrated in an image of Shiva with
the right half is male and the left is female.

12. Shiva
- Shiva is also known as Nataraj, the Lord of the dance.
- It represents creation and destruction, control and
abandon, transcendence and immanence.
- The dance is called as the dance of destruction.
- On the cosmic level, destruction is the prelude to
recreation.
- On the personal level, destruction is the means to remove
the bonds that hold the devotee to the cycle of rebirth.

13. He is depicted as an ascetic,
sitting cross-legged on a tiger
skin, deep in meditation. The
tiger skin is a symbol of
Shiva’s bravery and his
ability to overcome his
enemies. Shiva is shown
wearing a simple loin cloth.
He has a crescent moon in his
long matted hair and a top
knot out of which comes the
Ganges, the Hindus most
sacred river. Snakes are also
entwined in his hair and act
as armlets and bracelets.

14. Shiva has 3 horizontal lines
in his forehead, his throat is
blue and he has three eyes.
The 3rd eye is always closed and
only open in anger.
One of his hand is empty and
raised, palm outwards, as a
symbol of protection and
blessing for his devotee.
His vehicle is Nandi, a white
bull which is symbolized the
fertility.

15. The Consort…
Saraswati the consort of
Brahma
The goddess Saraswati,
the goddess of
knowlwedge is the
consort of Brahma and
is far more popular than
he. She is the patron of
music, the arts, and
culture and often
portrayed with a
musical instrument in
her hand.

16. lakshmi the consort of
Vishnu
Goddess Lakshmi
means Good Luck to
Hindus. The word
'Lakshmi' is derived
from the Sanskrit
word "Laksya",
meaning 'aim' or
'goal', and she is the
goddess of wealth
and prosperity, both
material and spiritual.

17. the incarnation of
Parvati - Durga
and Kali the
consort of Shiva
The goddess
Durga (inspiring)
is frequently
represented with
ten arms, full of
implements used
to destroy evil.

18. Kali (dark) is more
fearsome still. She is
often shown wearing a
necklace of a human
skulls, and her fanged
teeth drip with blood.
Her many arms are full
of weapons, which are
thought to be
dangerous to enemies
but protective of her
children

19. •The concept of Gods in hindhuism
are significantly different with
islamic perspective.
•Holy Quran : Al-Ikhlas; 1-4
•Islam belief that God has no
partner but there are contrary with
hindhuism.

20. •According to Tamara Sonn, the mystical belief that
all reality is in fact One seemed to be heretical.
•Al-Biruni stated that, the discussion of the concept
of God is closely related to the much-discussed
issue of the Indian idol worshipping or rather
associationism (Shirk). He is aware of the fact that
idol worshiping is abominable, and is the greatest
sin in Islam.
•Al-Biruni
likens the custom of idol worshiping
among Hindus to the old Hellenistic belief that the
images or representations of divine being have no
magical power.

21. conclusion
briefly, the concept of god in hinduism
also regarded as a tribute to the genius
of the ancient Hindu sages, that this
concept of divine conciousness, which
they presented more than five thousand
years ago, has now become a key part
of the philosophical discussions on
religion and God all over the world.