Gods:

Shiva:
– God of yogis
– self controller
– celibate while at the same time lover of his spouse shakti.
– Destroyer of the world. Helps to shed old habits and attachments.

Hanuman:
– monkey god
– stands for courage, power, faithful and very devoted and loyal

Vishnu:
– preserver and protector of creation
– embodies mercy, goodness, self existent and all pervading power
– maintains cosmic order (dharma)
– has 10 incarnations

Ram:
– 7th incarnation of Vishnu
– ideals of man, how to be an ideal citizen
– Sita is his wife

Krishna:
– 8th incarnation of Vishnu
– love and divine joy
– destroys all pain and sin
– born to establish the religion of love

Brahman:
– creator
– daily alteration of light and dark

Goddesses:

Kali:
– goddess of transformation and time that is death
– is the kundalini energy that paralyses the attachments produced by the solar and lunar currents. This attachment causes fear of death

Saraswati:
– knowledge, music, creative arts
– mother of the vedas

Shakti:
– divine force, manifesting o destroy demonic forces and restore balance.
-every god has shakti energy, without it they would have no power

Durga:
– incarnation of the mother goddess
– unified symbol of all divine forces

Lakshmi:
– goddess of light, beauty, good fortune and wealth
– love and grace

There are many more gods and goddess I haven’t covered ( about 33 million) but these are some of the most popular. You can invoke the energies of these deities to help you with various obstacles in your life.

Ganesha:
– remover of obstacles
– shakti and shiva united