DharmaQuiz: Bala Gangadhar Tilak

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 236: 1-Oct-2013

Theme: Writings of famous Hindu Dharmic scholars

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed Vande Mataram during which period? a) 1800-50. b) 1850-99. c) 1900-49 CE. #DharmaQuiz 1561. Ans: b) 1850-99. Specifically published during 1882.
Original Samskritam version of Pancha Tantra was composed by Vishnu Sharma during? d) 7th century BCE e) 3rd BCE f) 4th CE. #DharmaQuiz 1562. Ans: e) 3rd century BCE.
Mahatma Gandhi wrote "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism" book during which period? g) 1875-99 CE. h)1900-24 i) 1925-49. #DharmaQuiz 1563. Ans: i) 1925-49. 1931. You can read online here: http://www.ivu.org/history/gandhi/the_moral_basis_of_vegetarianism.pdf
Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote his famous "Gita Rahasya" in jail during which period? j) 1875-99. k) 1900-24. l) 1925-49 CE. #DharmaQuiz 1564. Ans: k) 1900-24.
When did Swami Dayananda Saraswati publish Satyarth Prakash? m) 1800-49 CE n) 1850-99 o) 1900-49. #DharmaQuiz 1565. Ans: n) 1850-99 CE.

Top scorers for session 236:

@KaushikRg : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5
@ratnakarkulkarn : 5
@man8shree : 5
‏@bhaviknz : 5
@yike19 : 5

Congrats to:

@dominodeck : 2
@SandhyaSI : 1
@sanjayleo : 1
@akshri_250 : 1
@ranganaathan : 1
@vipul_kp : 1

See you on Friday.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 233: 10-Sep-2013

Theme: Ganesha.

Who composed this Ganesha stotra in Sanskrit? - "Mudakaratha Modakam, Sada Vimukti Sadhakam" #DharmaQuiz 1541. Ans: Adi Shankaracharya, about 1200 years ago.
Why is Bhagawan Ganesha called "Vishwambhara"? #DharmaQuiz 1542. Ans: Because he bears the entire universe in his stomach. Vishwa = Universe; bhara = inside.
This may sound simple, but try.. Who is the elder brother? Ganesha or Subrahmanya (aka Murugan or Kartikeya)? #DharmaQuiz 1543. Ans: Ganesha.
This 85ft tall Ganesha on Pune-Bengaluru highway is likely the world's tallest Ganesha. Where is it? #DharmaQuiz 1544. Ans: Chinmaya Ganadheesh, Chinmaya Sandeepani Ashram, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Balagangadhar Tilak started the public Ganeshotsav practice 119 years back. Near with modern city? #DharmaQuiz 1545. Ans: Near Pune, Maharashtra.

For Dharmaquiz 1544; {walkthroughindia.com}

For Session 233 scoring was not done. Will do for the next session.

Jai Swami Ganapati!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 221: 18-Jun-2013

Theme: 19th and 20th century Hindu Veda/Yoga Scholars.

A great Swami of 19th century Gujarat, propounded the motto "Go back to Vedas". What was his birth name given by family? #DharmaQuiz 1481. Ans: Mul Shankar Tiwari later became Dayananda Saraswati.
Name this Pandit born in 19th century Bihar, whose scientific interpretation of Vedas earned him a title "2nd Veda Vyasa ". #DharmaQuiz 1482. Ans: Pandit Madhusudan Ojha - More: http://www.vedicpeeth.org/Madhusudan-Ojha.html
This nationalist, Yogi and Guru, was born in 19th century Kolkata in a Ghosh family. Authored at least 4 Yoga books. Who? #DharmaQuiz 1483. Ans: Sri Aurobindo.
This nationalist born in 19th century Maharashtra, authored "Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta Rahasya" at a Myanmar jail. Name him. #DharmaQuiz 1484. Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Name this Hindu spiritual master of 20th century, born a Ghose, who was Hindu of the Year in 1997. #DharmaQuiz 1485. Ans: Sri Chinmoy.

Toppers for session 221:

@rahulghildiyal : 5
@manya_rao : 5
@sharathinindia : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5
@vinodvyas220 : 5
@natb786 : 5
@vipulgupta1976 : 5
@philAmit : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
@iSaakshi : 5
@iParamanand : 5
@vijastha : 5
@geophyraj : 5

Congrats to all these:

@man8shree : 4
@Parixyt : 4
@Tasmayi : 4
@GayathriSrinath : 4
@brahmavith : 4

@roshan_halwai : 3
@dolby_mehul : 3
@ComedyDivine : 3
@MaheshwarBhatP : 3
@sanjayleo : 3

@ajittyagi1805 : 2
@kaushkrahul : 2
@punter_me : 2
@S_Senshi : 2

@iRushikesh : 1
@shailendram1 : 1
@bsr3012 : 1
@mukunthaniyer : 1
@DhanushKool : 1
@Right__Click : 1
@SujnanNayak : 1
@MadhuRa_april : 1
@Rasraj : 1
@psychiatrycal : 1
@IntrepidTrooper : 1
@bajajsanjay : 1
@bhrigupathi : 1
@aveeksen : 1
@SUBHRANSHUDASH1 : 1
@kmukundra : 1
@CalmAadmi : 1
@geffbeck : 1
@narayan_reddy : 1
@suar4sure : 1
@rishitwt : 1
@prassingh : 1
@udhbava : 1
@harishinamdar : 1
@SharmaJC : 1
@TheArvindDhar : 1
@dasaradhmanji : 1
@Susri1210 : 1
@kalyan_sk3011 : 1
@mandukulkarni : 1
@Daddajidheele : 1
@cubicle_warrier : 1
@trivedianupam : 1
@psudo : 1

Glad that so many tried to answer and learned some things about these great luminaries of Hindu world.

See you next Friday!

Friday, December 7, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 180: 4-Dec-2012

Theme: Hindu Renaissance leaders of 19th century.

Name the Hindu Renaissance leader of 19th century who founded a new Samaj devoid of untouchability. Family name was Tiwari. #DharmaQuiz 1256. Ans: Swami Dayananda Saraswati -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Dayananda
Name the Hindu Renaissance leader of 19th century, whose writing on Vedas came the book "The Secret of the Veda". #DharmaQuiz 1257. Ans: Sri Aurobindo -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo
Name the Hindu Renaissance leader of 19th century, who used ancient Upanishads as a vision of rationalist 'modern' India. #DharmaQuiz 1258. Ans: Raja Ram Mohan Roy. More -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Mohan_Roy
Name the Hindu Renaissance leader of 19th century, who immortalized the "Arise, Awake" message of Katha Upanishad. #DharmaQuiz 1259. Ans: Swami Vivekananda. Kathopanishad says: “Uttishthata jagrata Prapyavarannibodhata, Kshurasydhara nishita”, meaning " Arise, awake, Empower yourself through knowledge, As sharp as the razor’s edge”. Vivekenanda used this splendidly in his speeches & slogans inspiring 100s of millions till date.
Name this Hindu Renaissance leader of 19th century, who in 1894 started the public Ganesha poojas. #DharmaQuiz 1260. Ans: Bala Gangadhar Tilak --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_Gangadhar_Tilak

Just for this session, I could not compile the full scores. So I will leave out that part. The response was very good and I had to browse through 100s of tweets. Sorry, it got too late then.