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Hinduism is a broad polytheistic religion that contains several different ideas, values, beliefs, and philosophies. The ultimate canonical authority for all Hindus is the Vedas. The Vedas are called shruti and stems from the inner spiritual experience of the ancient seers. There are four Vedas, namely Rgveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda. Each Veda consists of sections namely Samhita (containing the hymns) and Brahmana (significance of the hymns), Aranyakas (interpretations), and Vedanta (Upanishads, which are metaphysical dialogs). The oldest of the four Vedas is the Rig-Veda, which was composed in an ancient form of the sanskrit language, in northwest India. Hinduism has many different reasons why God created the universe. There are three different accounts of creation from the Hindu perspective; let us study each of them in detail. Rgveda, Manus-Smrti, Brhadaranyaka Upanisad and Chandogya Upanisad In the Rgveda and the Chandogya Upanisad, creation begins to take place through the negation of non-being. Hindu Creation Hymn starts out telling us about before the distinction between being and non-being, stating that there was no space, sky, or beyond that. In Manu-Smrti, the creator god Brahma creates the world fo