1) Creation myth 
Image:Hinducosm Map1.svg|thumb|Click an area to go there. This is one of many material universes, Brahmāṇḍa, which expand from Mahā Viṣṇu when He breathes.|400px|alt=One Brahmāṇḍa, with Garbhodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu rect 216 61 277 80 w:Brahma rect 164 241 273 268 Garbhodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu Hiraṇyagarbha (Devanagari: हिरण