DharmaQuiz Session 180: 4-Dec-2012

Theme: Hindu Renaissance leaders of 19th century.

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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.
5. 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.