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Hindus believe in only One God or the Ultimate. Here, first it has to be cleared that it is not Gods but deities (divine manifestations; devtas). Further, it is not 33 Crores (330 million) but 33 Koti (samUha, groups, types) of deities.
Blame it on the inadequacy of the English language or the vested interest of the mischievous colonial translators that created the narrative or propaganda that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion containing 33 Crore Gods. The Truth is, Hinduism is absolutely monotheistic, or more specifically believer in omnipresent one Ultimate Reality.
Per the Hindu scriptures, there are 33 categories of celestial living beings (that have finite life terms, and subject to birth- death continuum). The leaders of these 33 categories are described in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and as shown in the diagram below. For example, the Sun is one of such deities.
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Relevant videos: Vandana Mishra , A Guru explaining why Hinduism is said to have 330 million gods!
Contributor: Dilip Amin
Location of this post (2i): https://www.hinduspeakers.org/ufaqs/do-hindus-have-33-crores-gods/
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02. God Forms