Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Deepawali or Diwali

DharmaQuiz Session 303: 21-Oct-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1901: Lord Krishna's wife killed Narakasura, on Naraka Chaturdashi day of Deepawali. Name her. Ans: Satyabhama.

#DharmaQuiz 1902: On 1 of the Deepawali days, some Hindus celebrate Bali Pratipada.
Name any non Deepawali festival where Bali is welcomed. Ans: Onam, in Kerala.

#DharmaQuiz 1903: Does Happy Dhanteras festival day during Diwali, occur before or after Amavasya? Ans: Before.

#DharmaQuiz 1904: Name a country on the South American continent, where Diwali is a national holiday. Ans: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago or Suriname. Technically T & T are islands off the north of SA continent.

#DharmaQuiz 1905: Grandest event of 5 Day Diwali is Lakshmi's birth.
During which Puranic event was she born? Ans: Samudra Manthan (churning of the ocean). @Individualist_ says, not born but manifested.

Scores for session 303:
  1. @GuruCharan99 : 5
  2. @mdbiyani : 5
  3. @GayathriSrinath : 5
  4. @CJoshi28 : 5
  5. @MangoAdmi : 5
  6. ‏@arunz : 5
  7. @Mamdhata : 5
  8. @pramod_klr : 5
  9. @mareekuree : 5
  10. @Telugutalli : 5
  1. @gboxam : 4
  2. @sreekannoth : 4
  3. @keshavaram : 4
  4. @Tweelak : 4
  5. @pandey_ashishkp : 4
  1. @stormylook : 3
  2. @krajthakkar : 3
  3. @Simuntweets : 3
  1. @nehjin8 : 2
  2. @bhupinderpti : 2
  3. @vschanna : 2
  4. ‏@Seek_self_truth : 2
  5. @SwathiRagha : 2
  6. @Lawan22 : 2
  1. @acrajesh : 1
  2. @narayanbpurohit : 1
  3. @shegde63 : 2
  4. @Maveric1128 : 1
  5. @kapilsanvaliya : 1
  6. ‏@surecussam : 1
  7. @rinku3009 : 1
  8. ‏@Anoopsri : 1
  9. @TheJanamejaya : 1
  10. ‏@trueindian131 : 1
  11. @patnaikt : 1
  12. @acharya2 : 1
  13. @AnupamkPandey : 1
  14. @gandabherunda : 1
  15. @ushamirra : 1
  16. @saumya1985 : 1
  17. @sibhaskaran : 1
  18. @HarishankarSY : 1
  19. @mrsnrao : 1
  20. @prasad1654 : 1
  21. @AmalPar : 1
  22. ‏@vjchats : 1
  23. @ishuaadi : 1
  24. ‏@magaxiom : 1
  25. @aravindan_krish : 1
  26. @6amiji : 1
  27. @ShivaKap : 1
  28. ‏@sun_pathak : 1
Happy Deepawali to all!

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