Facts about Brahma

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   Brahma's consort is Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and the arts in Hindu tradition.

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   In Hindu cosmology, Brahma is considered the creator god and forms part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.

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   According to the Rigveda, Brahma emerged from a golden egg called the Hiranyagarbha at the beginning of creation in Hindu cosmology.

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   Hindu tradition assigns Brahma only a single major temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, unlike Vishnu and Shiva who have thousands of temples across India.

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   Four heads characterize Brahma in Hindu iconography, with each head representing the four Vedas of ancient Indian religious texts.

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