Is Hinduism Monotheistic?

Hinduism is the paganism of India. Hinduism believes in many gods and one. Actually the idea is that there is but one God, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. We worship many gods because every one connects to god in a different form. I personally connect with Goddess Kali in her motherly form (Ma), however currently I am feeling called to Sri Krishna in his baby form as I can relate to the legends of that incarnation of God since I have a small kid now. Similarly every individual’s needs from God is different; hence the many avatars (facets). I had read somewhere about a branch of Buddhism that there is the universal mind and the individual minds, neither separate nor the same like waves are neither different from nor the same as the sea they belong to; that’s the closest example that comes to my mind. There is Shakti or the feminine aspect of the Divine in its many forms…Kali (dark, black, powerful, bestower of magickal /psychic ability, avenger, motherly yet aggressive), Durga (warrior, uplifter of the downtrodden, Queen, wifely or daughterly as worshiped in Bengal, commander of army, beauty, grace, fair, assimilation of all divine qualities, consort of Shiva), Lakshmi (woman of the hearth and home, soft, graceful, bestower of prosperity, wealth, agricultural plenty, gold, precious metals and gemstones especially diamond, health, family ties, consort of Vishnu), Saraswati (education, knowledge, sacrifice, enlightenment, spiritual progress, consort of Brahma), Sheetala /Mari amma and a host of names for the same deities in different forms on a regional basis. Now there is the Purusha, or the pantheon of Gods, Brahma (creator, pacifist, consort of Saraswati, less worshiped but a prime deity), Vishnu (protector, consort of Lakshmi, worshipped more in his different aspects such as Rama, Krishna etc), Rudra/Shiva (destroyer/ slayer, ascetic, simplistic, protector of the animals), Ganesha (worshipped to bless new beginnings). So the one God is worshipped in his/her many forms depending on the attributes we seek to connect with.