Godzilla’s list: 6 coolest Gods from the Hindu Mythology

# 6 Shiva: A dopey mix of drugs, meditation, dancing, snakes, sex and violence – Shiva, the God of Destruction, seems to be the original inspiration for all the Goth Rock and Tarantino movies. Wicked Cool!


#5 Ganesha: Cute and cuddly, fat and lazy, laddu eating elephant God Ganesha would have ranked much higher in the list had he not picked riding_on_a_tiny_mouse (poor mouse!!) as his mode of transport.

Ganesha actually wrote the epic Mahabharata while Vyasa recited it to him. And here is a little known secret about the first edition of Mahabharata - it was written in Marathi!


#4 HanuMan: Before there were SpiderMan or BatMan, we had the original superhero – HanuMan. He could fly, lift a mountain on his pinky, and single-tailedly burn all of Srilanka.

In an act of epic goofiness, he ended up eating the Sun thinking it’s a fruit, causing the first documented instance of solar eclipse in the history.


#3 Vishnu: Part of the supreme trilogy of the Hindu Gods, and inventor of the Avatar concept (James Cameron, can you please pay up the royalties?). His Avatars include super-star human Gods like Rama and Krishna.

It is claimed that Buddha was his 10th Avatar – effectively assimilating Buddhism in India into the folds of Hinduism. I am waiting for the day when there are enough Desis in America who can start claiming that Jesus was his 11th Avatar.


#2 Krishna: Musician, Philosopher (of the Karma fame), Diplomat, Warrior, Model Lover, Flirt, Prankster and a Supreme Being (Avatar of Vishnu). No other Hindu God has more contemporary and international appeal than Krishna.


#1 Sachin Tendulkar: Need I say more?



(PS: Watch out this space for the list of Lamest Gods - coming soon)