Brahma

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• In Hinduism, Brahma is the god of creation.
  
  
• Brahma is one of the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity, the others being Vishnu, the maintainer or preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer or transformer.
  
  
• Brahma wears red clothes, and is traditionally depicted with four heads, four faces, and four arms. He may also be shown with a white (or occasionally black) beard, which is a sign of the eternal nature of his existence. Each of Brahma's four heads continually recites the Vedas, and in his hands he holds a scepter, a book, a string of prayer beads which uses to keep track of time in the universe, and the Vedas.
  
  
• According to Hindu tradition, Brahma created the Vedas (the oldest Hindu scriptures).
  
  
• Brahma's wife is Sarasvati.
  
  
• Since Sarasvati is Vaac Devi (the Goddess of Speech), Brahmas is also known as "Vaagish", which means the "Lord of Speech and Sound".
  
  
• According to the Brahma Purana, Brahma is father of Manu, and all human beings are descended from Manu.
  
  
• In the ancient Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, Brahma is often referred to as the great grandsire of all human beings.

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