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God Religios Lingo

Popular Gods and Goddesses

God Name
BRAHMA	The God of Creation
VISHNU	The God of Protection
SHIVA	The God of Destruction
GANESHA	The God of Good Luck, son of Lord Shiva and Parvati
RAMA	The hero of epic Ramayana, one of the reincarnations of Lord Vishnu
KRISHNA	God of Love, the hero of epic Mahabharta. Another reincarnation of Lord Vishnu
SARASWATI	Wife of Lord Brahma, Goddess of Wisdom and Music
LAXMI	Wife of Lord Vishnu, Goddess of Wealth
PARVATI	Wife of Lord Shiva, mother of Ganesha
KAALI	One of the 108 manifestations of Parvati, black Goddess - destroyer of evil
DURGA	One of the 108 manifestations of Parvati, Goddess of war, rides on a tiger
HANUMAAN	The monkey God, Lord Rama’s faithful follower
GARUDA	The mythical bird, Lord Vishnu’s carrier
NARASIHMA	One of the 10 reincarnations of Lord Vishnu - half man half lion
GURU NANAK	The first Sikh messenger, worshipped as God

Some Religious Lingo

Religious Lingo
MANDIR	Hindu temple
BHAGWAD GEETA	The sermon by Krishna ,the holy book of Hindus
PUNDIT	Holy Hindu priests
SAADHU	Holy men usually in orange and white robes
VEDAS	Most ancient collection of Hindu hymns and scriptures
PURANAS	Another set of Hindu sacred scriptures
MANTRAS	Holy Hindu chants. The most popular being ‘Om’
AARTI	One of the most important Hindu rituals, performed twice every day (at sunrise and sunset) in all active Hindu temples, by a temple priest called ‘pundit’.
GURUDWARA	Sikh temple
GURU GRANTH SAHIB	Holy book of Sikhs
MAZJID	Muslim mosque
QURAN	Holy book of Muslims