Why do hindus believe in many gods?

do Hindus pray to different god according to their necessities or how they choose the god what to pray? for example families with statues of Ganesha but also I have seen pictures of Krishna or other gods.. so how do they choose to pray which god or goddess? thanks for your answers.

Personal choice. Some feel closer to a particular deity. Many times it's a family thing.

I'm a polytheist and I feel closer to one deity.

Hindu Religious Texts say that there is ONLY ONE GOD.But devotees AR given "Freedom" to worship God in whichever Form" or "Formless"--in whichever name they like --or nameless.There are NOT many Gods--Many Names and many forms

"Eko Bahunaam"

That's a common misconception... the reason there
are so many names and forms of deity in Hinduism
is that it is a very old religion and India is a very big
country.

Over time these different forms evolved (usually in
different areas) as expressions of deity, or some
particular aspect of deity. All the more enlightened
Hindus that I've met see deity as essentially one
force, which simply has many different man-made
names and descriptions.

SB 2.3.1: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Maharaja Pariksit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you.

SB 2.3.2-7: One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal Brahmagupta effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahma or Brhaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajapatis. One who desires good fortune should worship Durgadevi, the superintendent of the material world. One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire, and one who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus. One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord Siva if he wants to be a great hero. One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi. One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi. One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Visvadeva, and one who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sadhya demigod. One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the Asvini-kumaras, and a person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth. One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined. One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet, and one who desires a good wife should worship the Apsaras and the Urvasi society girls of the heavenly kingdom. One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahma, the head of the universe. One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead, and one who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuna. If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord Siva, and if one desires a good marital relation he should worship the chaste goddess Uma, the wife of Lord Siva.

SB 2.3.8: One should worship Lord Visnu or His devotee for spiritual advancement in knowledge, and for protection of heredity and advancement of a dynasty one should worship the various demigods.

SB 2.3.9: One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the moon. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

SB 2.3.10: A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.

SB 2.3.11: All the different kinds of worshipers of multidemigods can attain the highest perfectional benediction, which is spontaneous attraction unflinchingly fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by the association of the pure devotee of the Lord.
http://vedabase.net/sb/2/3/10/en2

Krishna is the supreme of all as you see in the same Srimad Bhagavatam

In the Laghu Bhagavatamrita, Srila Rupa Gosvami lists the six types of avataras, viz.,
1) svayam rupa, 2) tad-ekatmaka-rupa, 3) avesa, and
4) purusa-avataras, 5) guna-avataras, 6) lila-avataras.
Krishna is 1) svayam rupa, i.e., ananyapeksi yad rupam svayam-rupam sa ucyate:
The original form, not dependent on any other form for the existence is named svayam-rupa.

Krsna and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are identical. Therefore Lord Krsna is referred to as Bhagavan throughout the Gita.

"There are many personalities possessing the qualities of Bhagavan, but Krsna is the supreme because none can excel Him. He is the Supreme Person, and His body is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. He is the primeval Lord Govinda and the cause of all causes." (Brahma-samhita 5.1)

In the Bhagavatam also there is a list of many incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but Krsna is described as the original Personality of Godhead, from whom many, many incarnations and Personalities of Godhead expand:
ete camsa-kalah pumsah
krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
indrari-vyakulam lokam
mrdayanti yuge yuge
"All the lists of the incarnations of Godhead submitted herewith are either plenary expansions or parts of the plenary expansions of the Supreme Godhead, but Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself." (Bhag. 1.3.28)

Therefore, Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, the source of both the Supersoul and the impersonal Brahman.
http://vedabase.net/bg/2/2/en2

Great information so thanks for share with me.

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