Hindu prayer

I have always thought that Hindu gods can’t provoke respect nor reverence. Hindu gods remind me of a childish game that consists of changing the clothes, the bodies and the heads of some different characters. How do believers can adore an elephant-headed god, another one with six arms or a monkey-headed one? But I realized that I was absolutely wrong. All of them provoke the biggest respect and reverence for the Hindus. It is common to see people sitting down in the temples praying in a very deep attitude. The believers really adore all of those gods that for me are like cartoon characters.