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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. Musicpvm
18. Dwaipayan (talk) 17:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
19. Lost 18:34, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
20. 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
21. Ghostexorcist
22. Lactovegan
23. Gaurasundara
24. ­ ॐ Kris (☎ talk | contribs)
25. ^T*^E* Kingrom 06:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
26. Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C]
27. ॐSnowgrouse Devi in all Her forms, Shaktism, Shiva, Tantra, Bhakti
28. Masterbobo
29. Sack36
30. John Carter 14:27, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
31. ॐShruti14 17:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)ॐ
32. chitranjan rai gautam phagwara (rajan)
33. sarojani gautam
34. Vapor One - I have a nice library at home to reference. --Vapor One 21:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
35. Syamantak DG
36. Redtigerxyz (talk) 06:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
37. 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.
38. --Juthani1 (talk) 23:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
39. Viprak
40. Ism schism (talk) 00:12, 21 May 2008 (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.

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Hindu mythology articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	1					1
	GA	4	1	3			8
	B	7	14	11	1	5	38
	Start	4	39	89	41	77	250
	Stub		15	64	79	228	386
	Assessed	16	69	167	121	310	683
	Unassessed					20	20
	Total	16	69	167	121	330	703

[edit] Recognized content

[edit] Featured articles

• Ganesha

[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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