Thailand: Shrine with a four-faced figure of Hindu god Brahma by the Chao Phraya River in Chinatown, Bangkok. Brahma is the Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Visnu (Vishnu) and Siva (Shiva). According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Manu, and from Manu all human beings are descended. In the Ramaya?a and the Mahabharata, he is often referred to as the progenitor or great grandsire of all human beings.