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= March 1 =

33 Gods not 330 million gods
Thirty-three gods

Many reliable sources and many Western publication has mentioned that Hindus have 33 crore Gods, 33 million gods and 330 million Gods.

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The 33 Million Gods of Hinduism

https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/hinduism-330-million-gods/

Many have debated that the word koti is misinterpreted as crore.

[https://www.freepressjournal.in/spirituality/do-hindus-really-have-33-koti-devatas-heres-the-truth-behind-the-belief The word ‘koti’ in Sanskrit means crores and also it means ‘type’. In this term ‘33 koti’ means 33 types and not 33 crores.] (10 million) Nightingagleyt (talk) 09:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Did you have a question you wanted us to respond to about this? Blueboar (talk) 12:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)