Vishnu
In the great Hindu trinity, Vishnu represents protection and preservation, a balancing force between Brahma's law of creation and Shiva's propensity for literal and figurative destruction. Hinduism teaches that there are equal forces of good and evil on earth and that sometimes evil gains an advantage that requires Vishnu to take human form and restore balance. Vishnu has 10 avatars or incarnations, nine of which have descended to earth to fight evil. The tenth and final incarnation, known as Kalki, is scheduled to manifest at a future date and will destroy the corrupted world to usher in a golden age. Vishnu is represented in human form, generally with bluish skin, and with four arms in which he carries a sharp disk or chakra called Sudarshana, which symbolizes the purified mind; a conch or shank called Panchajanya that represents the divine sound of creation, Om; a mallet or gada, Kaumodaki that shows that its power is the source of the mental and physical spiritual force with which the god destroys the illusory passions of man and a lotus flower or Padma, image of divine perfection and the development of consciousness spiritual.