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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 257: 25-Feb-2014

Theme: Names of Puranic Hindu gods or deities.

#DharmaQuiz 1671: Hiraṇyagarbha (हिरण्यगर्भः) or the 'golden womb', is the name of which Deity in Hinduism? Ans: Primarily Surya or Sun God. Look into the 12 names of Surya when doing the famous Surya Namaskar. But Brahma and Vishnu also considered. Moreover, Hiranya Garbha himself is a deity too.

#DharmaQuiz 1672: In Hinduism, all the forms of water, particularly the oceans are governed by which deity or god?. Ans: Varuna.

#DharmaQuiz 1673: Who is chief progenitor of the Lunar Dynasty (Chandravamsha) rulers of India? She's also the wife of Lord Budha (Mercury). Ans: Ila

#DharmaQuiz 1674: Name this Hindu deity or god: He's a messenger from and to the other gods, ever young, and also immortal. Ans: Agni. But Narada is also considered.

{Final,Open till 10PM} #DharmaQuiz 1675: Name this deity or god. His weapon is translated as diamond and his vehicle is a brand of KSRTC bus. Ans: Indra. His weapon is Vajra (diamond) and his elephant vehicle is named Airavata.

Answers to session 257:

‏@CJ_Shekhar : 5
@Sai_swaroopa : 5
@durgaramdas : 5
@Mamdhata : 5
@deshi_mangoman : 5
@sweetandu : 5
@kishor_narayan : 5
‏@man8shree : 5

@philAmit : 4
@SnookyBangalore : 4
@Indude1 : 4
@meenabg : 4
@Right2bRight : 4
‏@harikumar13 : 4

@Telugutalli : 3
@ajith_shetty : 3
@Susri1210 : 3
@NaMo4Bharat : 3
@sudhirapai : 3

@SujnanNayak : 2
@Dil_nair : 2
@ShenoyVijeta : 2
@luitelshravan : 2
@betki : 2
@adityaagnihotri : 2
@kepalagudde : 2
@Joojhaaru : 2
@ashish_bht : 2
@prkulkarni : 2
@Pputhige : 2
@6amiji : 2

@ChiranjeevaP : 1
@raam_anuj : 1
@prasad1654 : 1
@sighbaboo : 1
@mdarshu : 1
‏@_aks5 : 1
@gauravgkk : 1
@RakeshChouhan : 1
@DharmicFundoo : 1
‏@iamdharam : 1
@amitchimanpure : 1
@whitetiger2651 : 1
@d_sugandhi : 1
@KaushikRg : 1
‏@bsr3012 : 1
‏@bhrigupathi : 1
‏@ashishgyan : 1
@sughosh_v : 1
@Goyal_shilpa : 1
@anshuul_kaul : 1
@itsalps : 1
@arisebharat : 1
@rexrao52 : 1
@ramayan_sharma : 1
@nkgrock : 1
@dharmalebnsraum : 1
@ajaypawardr : 1
@app_praveen : 1
@manishkmishra : 1
@SlsShankar : 1
@TripathiGaurav : 1
@praveenPU : 1
@agneepankh : 1
@kbsconsultants : 1
@krishnamaroli : 1
@UKKishor : 1
@NeoJingoist : 1
@basuhan9 : 1
‏@SWORDMUZIC : 1
@HamaraBJP : 1
@PankajBagla : 1
@ganeshmahnar : 1
@MaratheKarthik : 1

See you after Shiva Ratri. Have a great night of fasting and adoring Lord Shiva on Thursday.

Friday, January 10, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 251: 10-Jan-2014

Theme: Hindu Rivers and Cities

#DharmaQuiz 1641: Hindu holy city Varanasi got its name due to two rivers. Name them. Ans: Varuna and Asi. The city is between them.

#DharmaQuiz 1642: Name one major Hindu temple from Tamil Nadu, that is 1000 years or more old. Ans: Brihadeshwara temple, Tanjavur. Reality is that there are 100s if not 1000s.

#DharmaQuiz 1643: Name one university in India, that has the name "Gangotri" (Ganga river's origin) in it. Ans: Manasa Gangotri, Mysuru, Karnataka. Mangala Gangotri, Mangaluru.

#DharmaQuiz 1644: Name one sacred text of Jains. Ans: Samyak Jnana, Samyak Darshana and Samyak Charitrya.

{Final, Open till 10 PM} #DharmaQuiz 1645: The sacred Saligrama stones are usually found at the bed of which river in Nepal? Ans: Gandaki.

Answers to session 250:

@atinmali : 5
‏@IdiOt_B : 5
‏@brahmavith : 5
@CJ_Shekhar : 5
@n_dolli : 5
@ajaypawardr : 5
@Tasmayi : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
‏@rohitsamvada : 5
@bhaviknz : 5
@vijirak : 5
‏@man8shree : 5

‏@rainaamit : 4
@cgmagia : 4
@GirishSiddapura : 4
@FatAngryBird : 4

@shivprasath : 3
@ashujoshi27 : 3
@Baacharaju : 3
@nandini2611 : 3
@Telugutalli : 3
@Mamdhata : 3

@BoredCricketFan : 2
@suhasn88 : 2
‏@maathinamalla : 2
@DrPannagDesai : 2
@mrsnrao : 2

@SnookyBangalore : 1
@shreyasms : 1
@deovaibh : 1
@SreeIyer1 : 1
@kamshettysp : 1
@Sheks65 : 1
@krishnamaroli : 1
@DrSrishtiGupta : 1
@Chari_O_Teer : 1
@sudheerpai : 1
@Nirahua_dehati : 1
@durgaramdas : 1
@Mahavee46084860 : 1
‏@Cs_Cl : 1
@girishbellad : 1
@Aps4466 : 1
@dilipdehariya : 1
@Jal_Kukdi : 1
@AniilkumarAnil : 1
@Morattu1 : 1
@manoj30898 : 1
@Jille_ilahi : 1
‏@Smoking_Sadhu : 1
‏@ganeshmahnar : 1
‏@twit2amit : 1
@NilimaNilimas : 1
@venkataa : 1
@saravanan_d : 1
@vikasdixit1984 : 1
@rohit2vats : 1
@sampathkas : 1
@KSVSUBRAMANIAN : 1
@kbsconsultants : 1
@YashwantCharan : 1
‏@rajmohan_k : 1
@Ivinayjain : 1
@Giridhar02 : 1
‏@Venky1971 : 1

Very good response today. See you next week.

Friday, July 12, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 222: 12-Jul-2013

Theme: Miscellaneous

Lord Yama reveals the secret of death to a child in one particular upanishad. What is the name of this Upanishad? #DharmaQuiz 1486 Ans : Katha Upanishad
Ashtavakra defeated a philosopher in Janaka's court to get back his father. Name the philosopher and whose son was he? #DharmaQuiz 1487. Ans: Bandhi, son of lord Varuna
Ashtavakra was cured of his eight deformities by bathing in a river. What was the name of that river? #DharmaQuiz 1488. Ans : Samanga river
In Srimad Bhagavatam, Dhruva praised Lord Vishnu in 12 verses, what is this called? #DharmaQuiz 1489. Ans: Ans: Dhruva Stuti
Lord Vishnu's devotee, Dhruva, was transformed into a celestial body. Name that celestial body. #DharmaQuiz 1490. #DharmaQuiz 1490. Ans : Dhruva Nakshatra or Pole star or North Star.

This particular session was conducted by Parikshit Mulani

Toppers for session 222:

@manya_rao : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
@sharathinindia : 5
@shawjipk : 5
@vipulgupta1976 : 5
@PrachinVaani : 5

Congratulations to:

@AntarikshG : 4
@abhipar7 : 4
@Ravi__TG : 4

@Simuntweets : 3

@Mrinology : 2
@gcmogre : 2
@surenc1974 : 2
@Sai_swaroopa : 2
@akshri_250 : 2

@ansierocks : 1
@Shiv5310 : 1
@Suyash75 : 1
@chutiya_paa : 1
@NaMoAllTheWay : 1
@vijayamaajgd : 1
@Padmaja31 : 1
@mrkunalkedia : 1
@MaheshwarBhatP : 1
@ABoni8 : 1
@keshabcacharya : 1
@KautilyaBharat : 1
@darshanbirur : 1
@reemsaied : 1
@KiranBjp : 1
@avitags : 1
@moebile : 1
@rn201959 : 1
@kirankonnects : 1
@sabarinathc : 1

Thanks for attempting!