DharmaQuiz: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 258: 28-Feb-2014

Theme: Lord Shiva

#DharmaQuiz 1676: Lord Shiva is having a name which translates as "the roarer" or "fierce". That name is also a Rig Vedic deity. Name it. Ans: Rudra.

#DharmaQuiz 1677: In which Veda is the hugely popular Chamakam, found in? You will almost always hear Chamakam during Maha Shivaratri. Ans: Krishna Yajur Veda primarily.

#DharmaQuiz 1678: Shiva's wife Sati immolated herself during her father Daksha's yajna. Which rishi, also Daksha's SIL,was conducting yajna? Ans: Brighu.

#DharmaQuiz 1679: To save the universe when Shiva drank the poison halahala, who stopped it at his neck itself,getting him Neelakantha name? Ans: Parvati.

#DharmaQuiz 1680: Shiva worshiped as Jyotir-Linga in 12 places. Geographically, which is the easternmost Jyotir Linga? Ans: Vaidyanath at Devgarh, Jharkhand.

Answers to session 258:

@TheArvindDhar : 5
‏@ajaypawardr : 5
@vijirak : 5
@Mamdhata : 5
‏@pandey_ashishkp : 5
@GayathriSrinath : 5

@karthikjana : 4
@vivekDw02165999 : 4

‏@ShenoyVijeta : 3
@drarora_gaurav : 3
@_shomy : 3
@meenabg : 3

@Susri1210 : 2
@venkataa : 2
@karthiabraje : 2
‏@SeCoolar_Right : 2
@deshi_mangoman : 2
‏@kksubbu2003 : 2

@_sujayS : 1
@Viswajgd : 1
@mandya_manju : 1
@anurag_surya : 1
@sonitarun1 : 1
@ksmsundaram1975 : 1
@Ramsesh2809 : 1
@ashvasant : 1
@AniilkumarAnil : 1
‏@jpdadhich : 1
@ajittyagi1805 : 1
@Srinathbki : 1
@seevin : 1
@ajittyagi1805 : 1
@Asach4 : 1
@YashwantCharan : 1
@ashimasingh99 : 1
@swamilion : 1
‏@Prach82 : 1
@Prouud2bIndian : 1
@AnirudhaLimaye : 1
@Chandrashmii : 1
‏@a_gopinathan : 1
@harshit13175873 : 1
@swathip18 : 1

Hope you all had a great and soothing Maha Shivaratri.

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.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 256: 11-Feb-2014

Theme: Hindu society's social reformers.

#DharmaQuiz 1666: Name this social reformer of Hindu society, who lived during 19th-20th century, and whose guru was Ayyavu Swami in Kerala. Ans: Ayyankali

#DharmaQuiz 1667: "Atmopadesha Shatakam", was the philosophical work of a very famous 19th/20th century social reformer in Kerala. Who? Ans: Narayana Guru.

#DharmaQuiz 1668: Name this 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra, who opened 1st girls school in India. Founded Satya Shodhak Samaj. Ans: Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule.

#DharmaQuiz 1669: Name this 19th century Hindu society reformer from Gujarat, who was the first to coin Swarajya as "India for Indians". Ans: Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj.

#DharmaQuiz 1670: Name the Hindu society's unifier who lived only 51 yrs till 1940, but created a huge casteless org. Ans: Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founder of RSS.

Answers to session 256:

@kishor_narayan : 5

@meenabg : 4
@cgmagia : 4
‏@cynicspeak : 4

@deshi_mangoman : 3
@BrokeBrahmin : 3
@agneepankh : 3

@ashujoshi27 : 2
@vaa3 : 2
@Simuntweets : 2

@ashimasingh99 : 1
@AnithaNadsal : 1
@oojnas : 1
@bhushanshende : 1
@Sushuptii : 1
@ChiranjeevaP : 1
@JagannathAjnabi : 1
@KishkindhaWar : 1
@sushmahari : 1
@nikhilug : 1
@harsheith : 1
‏@nagenvarma : 1
@HLDesai : 1
‏@vkdwivedi21 : 1
@YashwantCharan : 1

See you next time.