Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Hindu Temples On River Banks

DharmaQuiz Session 291: 5-Aug-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1841: Name this upanadi or tributary of Krishna river, on whose bank is a very famous Vithala temple. Ans: Bhima or Chandrabhaga river. Pandharapur kshetra.

#DharmaQuiz 1842: This river is one of the headstreams of Ganga, on whose bank is a peetha re-established by Adi Shankara. Name the river. Ans: Alaknanda. Badrinath peetha.

#DharmaQuiz 1843: This desert like place in south India that is famous for its pancha linga (5 linga) darshana is on which river's bank? Ans: Kaveri. Talakadu pancha linga darshana.

#DharmaQuiz 1844: There's a famous Rama temple in the south East of India, where Rama and Sita supposedly visited. On which river's bank? Ans: Godavari. Bhadrachalam temple.

#DharmaQuiz 1845: A Jyotir Linga in central India is on an Om shaped island. On which major river's bank? Ans: Narmada. Omkareshwar temple.

Scores for session 291:
  1. @hchaturv : 5
  2. @abhipar7 : 5
  3. @durgaramdas : 5
  4. @mareekuree : 5
  1. @chetankshet : 4
  2. @vipulgupta1976 : 4
  3. @mrsnrao : 4
  4. @gboxam : 4
  1. @keshavaram : 3
  2. @CJoshi28 : 3
  1. @harishinamdar : 2
  2. @kirtweetz : 2
  3. @kushleshsharma : 2
  1. @prasca : 1
  2. @DeepeshLakhera : 1
  3. @srinivasanands : 1
  4. @aseemcam : 1
  5. @ratnakarkulkarn : 1
  6. @RakeshChouhan : 1
  7. @rohitsamvada : 1
  8. @shreyasms : 1
  9. @Eagleeye47 : 1
  10. @DrSatyaSaraswat : 1

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