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This is the Mythology workgroup of WikiProject Hinduism.

[edit] Scope

This group works with articles related to Hindu mythology. Specifically, it includes within it's scope those articles which are included in the Category:Hindu mythology. All these articles should be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism/Mythology/Articles page by category, so that they can be monitored for recent changes.

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[edit] Participants

1. Arvindn
2. Dangerous-Boy
3. Imc
4. Paddu
5. ॐKillerserv
6. elvenscout742
7. Ganeshk
8. DaGizza
9. Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs)
10. TBC
11. Grammatical error
12. Karthik Raman
13. User:Kishorepatnaik www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientindia
14. Satanael
15. bharath 10:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
16. Raghvendra
17. johnxxx9
18. Musicpvm
19. Dwaipayan (talk) 17:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
20. Lost 18:34, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
21. Badbilltucker - not really my field of expertise, but I am knowledgable about "mythology" in general and will offer what help I can where I can
22. Ghostexorcist
23. Lactovegan
24. Gaurasundara
25. ­ ॐ Kris (☎ talk | contribs)
26. ^T*^E* Kingrom 06:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
27. Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C]
28. ॐSnowgrouse Devi in all Her forms, Shaktism, Shiva, Tantra, Bhakti
29. Masterbobo
30. Sack36
31. John Carter 14:27, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
32. ॐShruti14 17:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)ॐ
33. chitranjan rai gautam phagwara (rajan)
34. sarojani gautam
35. Vapor One - I have a nice library at home to reference. --Vapor One 21:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
36. Syamantak DG
37. Redtigerxyz (talk) 06:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
38. zeuspitar(talk) 16:03 23 feb 2008 (UTC) Govinda Ramanuja dasa- Pujari of now-defunct Radha-Govinda Mandir in Venice California, three years in ashram, studying the vedic shastra since 1996 and member of one of the Sri Sampradayam Madir/temples in the L.A. area.
39. World (talk) 23:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
40. Viprak
41. Ism schism (talk) 00:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
42. Flutterman (talk) I'm highly familiar with the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and am a student of general mythology.
43. Opfallon (talk) Sanskrit scholar.
44. Sizzle Flambé (talk) 18:52, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Subjects

We want to have articles on

1. Deities
2. Mythological people
3. Mythological texts
4. Vedic texts
5. Mythological places
6. Festivals and other special occasions
7. Animals with religious significance
8. Religious leaders and groups
9. Add more

[edit] Article Construction

An article about a deity should include (when possible):

• picture
• other names
• etymology/historical origin
• significance
• mount
• modes of worship
• places of worship
• relatives
• representation in art
• add more

see also infobox on mythical characters.

[edit] WikiProject Hindu mythology notice

Place this WikiProject notice at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to the Wikiproject Hindu mythology for guidelines.

{{WikiProject Hinduism
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Hindu mythology articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	1	1				2
	GA	3	4	5			12
	B	5	15	10	1	1	32
	C	6	8	4	7	2	27
	Start	3	46	108	41	85	283
	Stub		19	70	84	225	398
	List		1			2	3
	Assessed	18	94	197	133	315	757
	Total	18	94	197	133	315	757

[edit] Recognized content

[edit] Featured articles

• Ganesha
• Vithoba

[edit] Good articles

• Rama
• Shiva
• Matrikas
• Mahābhārata

[edit] DYK (Did You Know)s

• Ganesha Purana - 9 February 2007.
• Sarangapani Temple - 22 July 2007.
• Ashta Lakshmi - 23 November 2007
• Tandava - 18 December 2007
• Vajreshwari temple - 28 December 2007
• Manasa - 2 January 2008

[edit] Formerly recognized content

[edit] Former featured articles

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team selections

• Bhagavad Gita
• Buddha
• Ganesha
• Gautama Buddha
• Krishna

[edit] Stubs

For stubs about Hindu mythology, use {{Hindu-myth-stub}}. This will go into the Category:Hindu mythology stubs category.

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