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!

DharmaQuiz Session 94: 14-Oct-2011

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Session 94: October 14,  2011
Theme: North East India 

1. Name the North Eastern Indian state, whose Sanskrit name's meaning is "the land of the rising sun" - #DharmaQuiz 822. Ans: Arunachal Pradesh
2. Name the rare Indian river which has a masculine name and means "The son of the God of Creation" - #DharmaQuiz 823. Ans: Brahma Putra
3. The ancient and very famous Kamakhya temple is in which state of North East India? #DharmaQuiz 824. Ans: Assam or Ahom
4. Name the North East Indian state,whose Sanskrit name literally means "Abode of the Clouds". It has Hatakeswarat Shiva Linga. #DharmaQuiz 825. Ans: Meghalaya 
5. Name the North East Indian state from which in Mahabharata, Arjuna got a Snake tribe's bride - #DharmaQuiz 826. Ans: Nagaland (Bride Ulupi)

List of people who got one or more answers answers right, with their scores:

• @NPatnaik55 : 5
• @kishan_harathi : 5
• @amitgupta_lnct : 5
• @DevNakshi : 5
• @hindu_tweeter : 5
• @talmukund : 5
• @sharathinindia : 5
• @chhayank : 5
• @clumsycoder : 4
• @mspenta : 4
• @abhi_dave : 4
• @manohar_sram : 4
• @kk_ahm : 4
• @MihirKumarJha : 4
• @abhi_bol : 4
• @PRanam1 : 4
• @TheArvindDhar : 4
• @ASHISHTWITTED : 4
• @kbs321 : 3
• @twitrkshukla : 3
• @itsmesuresh : 3
• @saurabhvc : 3
• @surabhi18 : 3
• @arora_chandan : 3
• @gchellappan : 3
• @upendrverma : 2
• @AvirneniRao : 2
• @MetalDew : 2
• @rainaamit : 2
• @kabadu : 2
• @Sammy_2912 : 2
• @pawandurani : 1
• @sgdas2004 : 1
• @RaviGhiyar : 1
• @psudo : 1
• @venshu : 1
• @chikchirp : 1
• @theashok1949 : 1
• @DelAlpha : 1
• @shreedhar_raman S : 1
• @RAJW27 : 1
• @pk3061972 : 1

Congratulations to all those listed above! Also, thanks to all those who attempted as well as those who are silently following the tweets or blog.

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