Is Hinduism a Monotheistic Religion or a Polytheistic Religion?

Hinduism is thought to be a polytheistic religion. Hinduism is said to have 330 million Gods. As a result, there is a different God for each person and another God for each purpose. At the same time, Hinduism is a monotheistic religion, with the word “Bhagwan” representing all Gods. Every temple has many statues of Gods, whereas churches only have a statue of Jesus Christ as a representation of God. To know about THE GODS OF HINDUISM, click here

The Mosques have no statues because Islam believes God cannot be represented physically. The same can be said of Judaism.

Most Hindus, however, do not regard Gods as distinct entities and accord equal respect to all forms of God. They are so accustomed to worshiping Gods in various forms that when they visit a church, they bow their heads before the Statue of Jesus Christ as if He were their own God. Visitors to Buddhist temples and monasteries may include more Hindus than Buddhists. Many people regard Buddha as an incarnation of God Vishnu and worship Him with similar religious sentiments.

The fundamental belief in Hinduism is that God is One, often referred to as Brahma. However, there are many manifestations of God because no human being can visualize One God due to the limitations of human imagination. As a result, Hindus created the concept of the Trinity of God, which includes Brahman (God of Creation), Vishnu (God of Preservation), and Shiva (God of Destruction).

Then there are many more minor Gods, such as Indra. In the ancient scriptures of Vedas, Gods were called “Devas, “ meaning “One who gives.” As a result, Hindus worshiped anything and everything that provided them with something. So they worshiped rivers, stones, trees, and animals like cows because they offered something to humans. They worshiped the sun, moon, air, light, and sky because they all provided something for men.

Polytheism, conversely, caused confusion and even conflict among those who worshiped different Gods. Hence Upanishads explained that God is only one but manifested in millions of “forms.”

The unity of divinities is a problematic concept that can be illustrated with an illustration. God can be compared to the Universe, which is unquestionably One. However, no one can imagine the Universe. As a result, we have classified them as Galaxies, Stars, and Solar Systems.

The division is purely for convenience, just as we divide the human body into different parts, even though they all belong to the same body and are only One. Gods’Likewise, the various “forms” exist solely because no one can comprehend the One God.

Most Hindus believe in God’s Unity even if they worship different Gods. As a result, it makes no difference whether they worshiped Krishna, Rama, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Buddha, or Jesus. The images of Gods have no meaning because they know they are honoring a Supreme Power and there can be only one Supreme.

Life is a mystery that neither science nor scripture can explain. We call science and religion the bodies and souls of truth. Contrary to popular belief, they are not opposed but complement each other like body and soul. They cannot exist apart from one another.