Match the Hindu deities to their roles.

1. Brahma The goddess that fights to restore dharma

2. Vishnu The goddess of wealth and purity

3. Shiva The god responsible for the creation of the world and all living things

4. Devi The goddess of learning

5. Krishna The god that preserves and protects the universe

6. Lakshmi The god of compassion, tenderness and love

7. Saraswati The god that destroys the universe in order to recreate it

1. Brahma - The god responsible for the creation of the world and all living things.

2. Vishnu - The god that preserves and protects the universe.

3. Shiva - The god that destroys the universe in order to recreate it.

4. Devi - The goddess that fights to restore dharma

5. Krishna - The god of compassion, tenderness and love

6. Lakshmi - the goddess of wealth and purity.

7. Saraswati - The goddess of learning

Explanation:

The most fundamental of these deities, those who underlie this religion, are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, who together make up their holy trinity, similar to the way they are in Christianity. Shiva is the most powerful and fascinating deity of this faith, and represents death and decay. Krishna is the ninth and most complete avatar (worldly incarnation, to say the least) of Vishnu, one of the three gods of the Hindu trinity.