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Wikipedia/Google is a good starting point, and you can follow on whatever interests you. The main gods you should know are Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesha, Durga and their various incarnations, consorts, associated symbols etc..

For books Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso is very good, he's also written about Greek mythology and Kafka but I haven't read those.

If you want to get into the mythology the best starting points are Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik which is about The Mahabharatha and RK Narayan's version of Ramayana. Both are short compared to other versions but still cover most of the content. Eknath Easwaran's Bhagavad Gita is also very good.

If you want an overview of philosophy the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy has some good articles. Juan Mascaro's translation of The Upanishads is quite short and covers the 10 most important Upanishads.

You should also keep in mind that Hinduism isn't a cohesive religion with a neat cosmology and there are dozens of creation myths that all contradict each other.