"There can really be as many Hindu Gods as there are devotees to suit the moods, feelings, emotions & social background of the devotees." Sri RamaKrishna

The Hindu Pantheon of Gods is vast.  But in fact Hindus are a monotheistic religion worshipping one God.  Hindus believe that there is only one ultimate reality; Brahman.  Brahman is a supreme spirit that permeates everything.  Brahman is entirely impersonal, and entirely impossible to describe.  Everything in the universe is part of Brahman, but Brahman is more than the sum of everything in the universe.

The Hindu gods Shiva, Parvati, Krishna, Vishnu, Lakshmi, and Ganesh serve as a way in which devotees can see, touch and feel this unknowable God, Brahman.  They give the layperson a tangible, knowable aspect of the Supreme Being.  Each of the Hindu Gods represents one aspect of Brahman.  Shiva takes on the destructive aspect of Brahman.  Vishnu preserves the working order of the universe.  Each Hindu God is one tiny aspect of the Supreme Being.

Below are listed many of the most well known Hindu gods within the Hindu pantheon:

Lord Ganesh the Remover of Obstacles	Parvati-Benign Aspect of the Hindu Goddess Devi	Hindu God Lord Shiva - the Destroyer	Lakshmi - the Hindu Goddess of Wealth
Hindu  God  Lord Vishnu -The  Preserver	Saraswati Hindu Goddess of Wisdom	Buddha the Ninth Avatar of Vishnu	Durga - Unconquerable form of the Goddess Devi
Hindu Goddess Kali - Form of Devi	Dancing Lord Shiva As the Hindu God, Nataraja	Lord Krishna the Divine Cowherder	Hindu Goddess Shakti-Feminine Power of Creation
Lord Murugan - Hindu God of War	Hindu God Patanjali - the Father of Yoga	Lord Hanuman - the Monkey God	Devotees of Lord Shiva - Shiva Saints