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Session 35: Dec 17, 2010
Theme: Pilgrimages
- Name the world's most visited religious place, which happens to attract 50,000 to 1,00,00 people a day, throughout the year. #DharmaQuiz 426 Ans: Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Tirumala on top of the hill holds the main Venkateshwara or Balaji temple.
- Name the world's largest annual pilgrimage with an estimated 45 to 50 million devotees visiting every year #DharmaQuiz 427 Ans: Sabarimala Aiyyappa pilgrimage at Kerala
- In South India, Tirupati sees the most 1st head shave or Chudakarana/Mundan of a babies. Name its N. Indian equivalent spot. #DharmaQuiz 428 Ans: Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
- Name the temple that has the world’s largest free vegetarian eatery. 80,000 meals during week days & 1,60,000 on weekends! #DharmaQuiz 429 Ans: Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab.
- In pilgrimages, Hindus often shave their head as hair (vanity). This symbolically surrenders which characteristic of a human? #DharmaQuiz 430 Ans: Ahankara/ Ego
- Name the most commonly used 2 word Sanskrit phrase to describe a religious pilgrimage. #DharmaQuiz 431 Ans: Teertha Yatra
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