Friday, February 28, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 258: 28-Feb-2014

Theme: Lord Shiva

#DharmaQuiz 1676: Lord Shiva is having a name which translates as "the roarer" or "fierce". That name is also a Rig Vedic deity. Name it. Ans: Rudra.

#DharmaQuiz 1677: In which Veda is the hugely popular Chamakam, found in? You will almost always hear Chamakam during Maha Shivaratri. Ans: Krishna Yajur Veda primarily.

#DharmaQuiz 1678: Shiva's wife Sati immolated herself during her father Daksha's yajna. Which rishi, also Daksha's SIL,was conducting yajna? Ans: Brighu.

#DharmaQuiz 1679: To save the universe when Shiva drank the poison halahala, who stopped it at his neck itself,getting him Neelakantha name? Ans: Parvati.

#DharmaQuiz 1680: Shiva worshiped as Jyotir-Linga in 12 places. Geographically, which is the easternmost Jyotir Linga? Ans: Vaidyanath at Devgarh, Jharkhand.

Answers to session 258:
  1. @TheArvindDhar : 5
  2. ‏@ajaypawardr : 5
  3. @vijirak : 5
  4. @Mamdhata : 5
  5. ‏@pandey_ashishkp : 5
  6. @GayathriSrinath : 5
  1. @karthikjana : 4
  2. @vivekDw02165999 : 4
  1. ‏@ShenoyVijeta : 3
  2. @drarora_gaurav : 3
  3. @_shomy : 3
  4. @meenabg : 3
  1. @Susri1210 : 2
  2. @venkataa : 2
  3. @karthiabraje : 2
  4. ‏@SeCoolar_Right : 2
  5. @deshi_mangoman : 2
  6. ‏@kksubbu2003 : 2
  1. @_sujayS : 1
  2. @Viswajgd : 1
  3. @mandya_manju : 1
  4. @anurag_surya : 1
  5. @sonitarun1 : 1
  6. @ksmsundaram1975 : 1
  7. @Ramsesh2809 : 1
  8. @ashvasant : 1
  9. @AniilkumarAnil : 1
  10. ‏@jpdadhich : 1
  11. @ajittyagi1805 : 1
  12. @Srinathbki : 1
  13. @seevin : 1
  14. @ajittyagi1805 : 1
  15. @Asach4 : 1
  16. @YashwantCharan : 1
  17. @ashimasingh99 : 1
  18. @swamilion : 1
  19. ‏@Prach82 : 1
  20. @Prouud2bIndian : 1
  21. @AnirudhaLimaye : 1
  22. @Chandrashmii : 1
  23. ‏@a_gopinathan : 1
  24. @harshit13175873 : 1
  25. @swathip18 : 1
Hope you all had a great and soothing Maha Shivaratri.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 257: 25-Feb-2014

Theme: Names of Puranic Hindu gods or deities.

#DharmaQuiz 1671: Hiraṇyagarbha (हिरण्यगर्भः) or the 'golden womb', is the name of which Deity in Hinduism? Ans: Primarily Surya or Sun God. Look into the 12 names of Surya when doing the famous Surya Namaskar. But Brahma and Vishnu also considered. Moreover, Hiranya Garbha himself is a deity too.

#DharmaQuiz 1672: In Hinduism, all the forms of water, particularly the oceans are governed by which deity or god?. Ans: Varuna.

#DharmaQuiz 1673: Who is chief progenitor of the Lunar Dynasty (Chandravamsha) rulers of India? She's also the wife of Lord Budha (Mercury). Ans: Ila

#DharmaQuiz 1674: Name this Hindu deity or god: He's a messenger from and to the other gods, ever young, and also immortal. Ans: Agni. But Narada is also considered.

{Final,Open till 10PM} #DharmaQuiz 1675: Name this deity or god. His weapon is translated as diamond and his vehicle is a brand of KSRTC bus. Ans: Indra. His weapon is Vajra (diamond) and his elephant vehicle is named Airavata.

Answers to session 257:
  1. ‏@CJ_Shekhar : 5
  2. @Sai_swaroopa : 5
  3. @durgaramdas : 5
  4. @Mamdhata : 5
  5. @deshi_mangoman : 5
  6. @sweetandu : 5
  7. @kishor_narayan : 5
  8. ‏@man8shree : 5
  1. @philAmit : 4
  2. @SnookyBangalore : 4
  3. @Indude1 : 4
  4. @meenabg : 4
  5. @Right2bRight : 4
  6. ‏@harikumar13 : 4
  1. @Telugutalli : 3
  2. @ajith_shetty : 3
  3. @Susri1210 : 3
  4. @NaMo4Bharat : 3
  5. @sudhirapai : 3
  1. @SujnanNayak : 2
  2. @Dil_nair : 2
  3. @ShenoyVijeta : 2
  4. @luitelshravan : 2
  5. @betki : 2
  6. @adityaagnihotri : 2
  7. @kepalagudde : 2
  8. @Joojhaaru : 2
  9. @ashish_bht : 2
  10. @prkulkarni : 2
  11. @Pputhige : 2
  12. @6amiji : 2

  1. @ChiranjeevaP : 1
  2. @raam_anuj : 1
  3. @prasad1654 : 1
  4. @sighbaboo : 1
  5. @mdarshu : 1
  6. ‏@_aks5 : 1
  7. @gauravgkk : 1
  8. @RakeshChouhan : 1
  9. @DharmicFundoo : 1
  10. ‏@iamdharam : 1
  11. @amitchimanpure : 1
  12. @whitetiger2651 : 1
  13. @d_sugandhi : 1
  14. @KaushikRg : 1
  15. ‏@bsr3012 : 1
  16. ‏@bhrigupathi : 1
  17. ‏@ashishgyan : 1
  18. @sughosh_v : 1
  19. @Goyal_shilpa : 1
  20. @anshuul_kaul : 1
  21. @itsalps : 1
  22. @arisebharat : 1
  23. @rexrao52 : 1
  24. @ramayan_sharma : 1
  25. @nkgrock : 1
  26. @dharmalebnsraum : 1
  27. @ajaypawardr : 1
  28. @app_praveen : 1
  29. @manishkmishra : 1
  30. @SlsShankar : 1
  31. @TripathiGaurav : 1
  32. @praveenPU : 1
  33. @agneepankh : 1
  34. @kbsconsultants : 1
  35. @krishnamaroli : 1
  36. @UKKishor : 1
  37. @NeoJingoist : 1
  38. @basuhan9 : 1
  39. ‏@SWORDMUZIC : 1
  40. @HamaraBJP : 1
  41. @PankajBagla : 1
  42. @ganeshmahnar : 1
  43. @MaratheKarthik : 1
See you after Shiva Ratri. Have a great night of fasting and adoring Lord Shiva on Thursday.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 256: 11-Feb-2014

Theme: Hindu society's social reformers.

#DharmaQuiz 1666: Name this social reformer of Hindu society, who lived during 19th-20th century, and whose guru was Ayyavu Swami in Kerala. Ans: Ayyankali

#DharmaQuiz 1667: "Atmopadesha Shatakam", was the philosophical work of a very famous 19th/20th century social reformer in Kerala. Who? Ans: Narayana Guru.

#DharmaQuiz 1668: Name this 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra, who opened 1st girls school in India. Founded Satya Shodhak Samaj. Ans: Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule.

#DharmaQuiz 1669: Name this 19th century Hindu society reformer from Gujarat, who was the first to coin Swarajya as "India for Indians". Ans: Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj.
 
#DharmaQuiz 1670: Name the Hindu society's unifier who lived only 51 yrs till 1940, but created a huge casteless org. Ans: Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founder of RSS.

Answers to session 256:
  1. @kishor_narayan : 5
  1. @meenabg : 4
  2. @cgmagia : 4
  3. ‏@cynicspeak : 4
  1. @deshi_mangoman : 3
  2. @BrokeBrahmin : 3
  3. @agneepankh : 3
  1. @ashujoshi27 : 2
  2. @vaa3 : 2
  3. @Simuntweets : 2
  1. @ashimasingh99 : 1
  2. @AnithaNadsal : 1
  3. @oojnas : 1
  4. @bhushanshende : 1
  5. @Sushuptii : 1
  6. @ChiranjeevaP : 1
  7. @JagannathAjnabi : 1
  8. @KishkindhaWar : 1
  9. @sushmahari : 1
  10. @nikhilug : 1
  11. @harsheith : 1
  12. ‏@nagenvarma : 1
  13. @HLDesai : 1
  14. ‏@vkdwivedi21 : 1
  15. @YashwantCharan : 1

See you next time.