The Hindu Trimurti or Trinity represented in small statuette figures, from early 20th Century India. (Left) Brahma, represented as Saraswati (his consort); (Centre) Shiva and (right) Vishnu, represented as Lakshmi (his consort). In Hinduism, there is a concept that the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma Vishnu and Shiva respectively.

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The Hindu Trimurti or Trinity represented in small statuette figures, from early 20th Century India. (Left) Brahma, represented as Saraswati (his consort); (Centre) Shiva and (right) Vishnu, represented as Lakshmi (his consort). In Hinduism, there is a concept that the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma Vishnu and Shiva respectively.

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