BRAMHA

The first among the Hindu Trinity of Puranic age, Bramha, the creator of the universe, sprang from he mundane egg out of Bramhah and he is the first of all creations. One series of his creations lasts for a day of Bramha which is equivalent to 2,160,000,000 years of ours when everything will be consumed by fire except gods, sages and elements. Next of his day, he again creates the universe which goes for another whole day of his. This process goes on for hundred years of Bramha after which everything including gods and sages and himself will be resolved into constituent elements. Four-headed and red-coloured, Bramha has four arms holding a spoon, a sceptre, a jug and the veda. His consort is Sarawati who is also known as Bramhi. The swan is her vehicle. See Puranas. The four main castes of Hinduism are related to the parts of Brahma’s body from which they originated. The Brahmins came from his head, the Khestriyas from his arms, the Vaisyas, the traders and farmers from his thighs and the Sudras class from his feet.