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What is the Hindu definition of God -monotheistic or polytheistic?

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What is the Hindu definition of God -monotheistic or polytheistic?

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There is much confusion about this, not among Hindus but among those on the outside looking in. Hinduism is both a monotheistic and a henotheistic religion. Hindus believe in one supreme God who created the universe and who is worshipped as Light, Love and Consciousness. Hindus were never polytheistic, but were always henotheistic. Henotheism is defined by Webster’s as “the belief in or worship of one God without denying the existence of others.