Confusion about Hindu Mythology - Page 2

I dont have sufficient free time right now but will try to address this in a day Very interesting question i must say ⭐️

existance of hinduism was estimated to be 5000 BC, i.e 5000 yrs before Christ was born. But, as per the Hindu texts it exists since the time universe came into existance. The belief that hinduism means worship of multiple gods/deities is not correct, according to hinduism god is the supreme force that does not have a form. Hindu scriptures define god as the creator, nurturer and destroyer and is respresented as the holy trinity Brahma(creator), Vishnu (nurturer)and Shiv(destroyer). So this trinity eventhough described as 3 gods is one entity and all the number of gods worshipped by hindus are different forms of the god and not different gods as such.

God represented as lord Vishnu the nurturer was born on earth 9 timee in different avatars, the most popular and recent being lord Ram and Krishna, there is physical evidence relating to both these avatars and hence it is established that they were truly born on this earth.

The usage of word mythology in context of hinduism is not appropriate and should not be used. The west coined this term as it was difficult for them to understand hinduism and also as

they could not find any physical evidence related to the instances mentioned in Hindi texts. Hinduism had at one point infinite literature and scriptures detailing everything related to the universe, unfortunately most of it has been destroyed over thousands of years and what we are left with right now is hardly 5% of it.

This a really interesting topic. One important thing that comes to my mind when Hinduism is mentioned is the multiple avatars or re-incarnations of the different Gods and Goddesses who people worship.

Well Hindus do believe deeply in their traditions do have temples and holy places to substantiate their beliefs.There are loads of pilgrimage places that prove the existence.of Gods and Goddesses.

For example, Ramayan is a very popular and well known to many. In the story Lord Ram builds a bridge to reach Lanka to save Sita, well the bridge does exist in Rameshwaram, a place in south of India.

I can give you a another example. Lord Shiva and Meenakshi (Avatar of Hindu goddess Paravti) got married at a place called Madurai, it has a world famous temple built and in fact, the city is built around this temple. They do celebrate their marriage every year grandly in the city.

Similarly there are various places are over India that have a history associated with the presence of different Gods, which eventually is distinguished by the construction of a temple, gurudwara etc. Only by visiting such places do we actually come to know the truth and importance of the place. It is the belief in the end that matters and people travel from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to get the blessings.

Since Hinduism it the most ancient religion, a lot of literary evidence is lost.

However, every day new archaeological evidence is being unearthed.

Like the unearthing of the submerged Dwaraka(abode of Krishna during Mahabharat times) and discovery of the Saraswati river, which was at one time considered to be a mythical river.

These discoveries throw light on the authenticity of the texts and the happenings of yore.

This topic can be discussed at great lengths, but it can spark debates and arguments.