Showing posts with label Guwahati. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guwahati. Show all posts

Friday, October 9, 2015

Hindu temples of North East India

#DharmaQuiz Session 345: 09-Oct-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2111: The famous Kamakhya temple of Guwahati, Asom, is over which hill? Ans: Nilachal.

#DharmaQuiz 2112: The famous Basistha temple outside Guwahati, is in which forest reserve, famous for elephants? Ans: Garbhanga reserve forest.

DQ 2112: Pic: Wiki

#DharmaQuiz 2113: There's a Maha Bhairab temple from Mahabharata times in the North East of India with ~5 ft tall Linga. Where? Ans: Tezpur, Asom. 
DQ 2113. Pic: holymahabhairab.in
DQ 2113, pic 2. Pic from Wiki
#DharmaQuiz 2114: This Shiva temple in Brahmaputra, on the smallest inhabited riverine island in the world. Name it. Ans: Umananda temple. 
DQ 2114. Pic 1 (from holidify)
DQ 2114: Pic 2 (from ignca.nic.in)
#DharmaQuiz 2115: One North East Indian state is named after this Devi temple. Which state? Ans: Tripura, named after Tripura Sundari temple of Udaipur.

DQ 2115. Pic: Wiki
Scores for session 345:
  1. @karthikjana : 5
  2. @Appu_Chikku : 5
  1. ‏@mamtan14 : 4
  1. @VkPriyanka : 2
  1. @bulletguru : 1
  2. @alok_bhatt : 1
  3. ‏@sujata_subhasis : 1
  4. @Winnie11Pooh : 1
  5. ‏@Sanjay2Agarwal : 1
  6. @AjoyChatterjee : 1
  7. @sndoreswamy : 1
  8. @dharmikumar : 1
  9. @HalderSitavra : 1
  10. @adiscover : 1
  11. @gaonliya_aapa : 1
  12. @Sandeepkhaitan : 1
  13. @ratlamisev : 1
  14. @bibekdebroy : 1
  15. @Richanjgd : 1
  16. @RAMESH4184 : 1
  17. ‏@keshavaram : 1
  18. @sidsen77 : 1
  19. @Myselfkp : 1
Try to visit these magnificent temples in the North East!

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 273: 6-May-2014

Theme: Ganesha temples across the world

#DharmaQuiz 1751:  In which city and country is this magnificent Ganesha Murti? Ans: Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

For DQ 1751 - From ooze-mytravelblog.blogspot






#DharmaQuiz 1752: In which North American mega city is this famous Ganesha temple? 1000s attend annual procession. Ans: Flushing, New York, USA.

DQ 1752: Pic: elegran

#DharmaQuiz 1753: Where is this majestic Ganesha temple that's almost a hill by itself? Ans: Mahemdabad, Gujarat.

DQ 1753: Pic: indiatimes

#DharmaQuiz 1754: You can find a newly built Panchamukhi (5 faces) Ganesha temple on a busy highway in India. Where? Ans: Bengaluru - Mysuru highway, Karnataka. 


DQ 1754: Pic - sursandeep



{Final,Open till 10PM} #DharmaQuiz 1755:  Where is this ancient Ganesha temple? You can also find a big Linga on top. Ans: This Ganesh Guri is in Guwahati, Asom. 

DQ 1755: Pic: Wiki
Answers to session 273:
  1. @surnell : 5
  2. @Tasmayi : 5
  3. @man8shree : 5
  4. @Iam_BigV : 5
  5. @Shree03 : 5
  6. @deshi_mangoman : 5
  7. @mareekuree : 5
  • @ArabuMasthaan : 4
  • @rinku3009 : 2
  • @JagannathAjnabi : 2
  • @ArjKadya : 2
  1. @AmalPar : 1
  2. @BalakrishnaKini : 1
  3. @Jagadeit : 1
  4. @NilimaNilimas : 1
  5. @RightWingVijay : 1
  6. @vijayrkshetty : 1
  7. @raghavendra_22j : 1
  8. @sunil_kumarpg : 1
  9. @raghumedicon : 1
  10. @Susri1210 : 1
  11. @meenabg : 1
  12. @sacsubr : 1
  13. @Sagarrk50 : 1
  14. @IgnitedBrain : 1
  15. @kvdinesh03 : 1
  16. @AmerPadma : 1
  17. @satyatalks : 1
  18. @agarwalrahul1 : 1
  19. @iamsubrata_g : 1
  20. @NkBlr : 1
  21. @SeemaBidda : 1
  22. @vivike41 : 1
Jai Swami Ganapati :)