n some other way.1 "This is the idea of one, powerful, eternal, and loving God, this is the concept of Bhagavan."1
             For us outside observers Bhagavan is not one, but Many for example Siva, Visnu, Krsna, Rama, Karttikeya and Ganesa. "The individual now must makes a decision as to how to regard such a figure. This means, for example Visnu could than be the Bhagavan for some people, a minor part of Siva for others, and a godling for a third group, possibly an evil demon like being for a fourth and Isvara for a fifth."7 Many Hindus who worship either Vishnu or Shiva generally consider one or the other as their 'favorite god' and as the Lord and Brahman Vishnu is often regarded as a "special manifestation of a stabilizing aspect of the Supreme and Shiva as opposed to the destructive function."5 Another god, "Brahma, the creator, remains in the background as a demiurge. These three great figures (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) make
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