WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Common to virtually all Hindus are certain beliefs, including, but not limited to, the following: a belief in many gods, which are seen as manifestations of a single unity. These deities are linked to universal and natural processes.

Detailed explanation-2: -A person who believes in multiple gods can be called a polytheist. The adjective form is polytheistic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of this, Hinduism has been called an idolatrous and polytheistic religion. How are we to understand the concept of deity in Hinduism and its worship of images?

Detailed explanation-4: -Vedism was a polytheistic sacrificial religion involving the worship of numerous male divinities (and a few goddesses), most of whom were connected with the sky and natural phenomena. The priests who officiated at that worship were drawn from the Brahman social class.