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:
  1. @TheArvindDhar : 5
  2. ‏@ajaypawardr : 5
  3. @vijirak : 5
  4. @Mamdhata : 5
  5. ‏@pandey_ashishkp : 5
  6. @GayathriSrinath : 5
  1. @karthikjana : 4
  2. @vivekDw02165999 : 4
  1. ‏@ShenoyVijeta : 3
  2. @drarora_gaurav : 3
  3. @_shomy : 3
  4. @meenabg : 3
  1. @Susri1210 : 2
  2. @venkataa : 2
  3. @karthiabraje : 2
  4. ‏@SeCoolar_Right : 2
  5. @deshi_mangoman : 2
  6. ‏@kksubbu2003 : 2
  1. @_sujayS : 1
  2. @Viswajgd : 1
  3. @mandya_manju : 1
  4. @anurag_surya : 1
  5. @sonitarun1 : 1
  6. @ksmsundaram1975 : 1
  7. @Ramsesh2809 : 1
  8. @ashvasant : 1
  9. @AniilkumarAnil : 1
  10. ‏@jpdadhich : 1
  11. @ajittyagi1805 : 1
  12. @Srinathbki : 1
  13. @seevin : 1
  14. @ajittyagi1805 : 1
  15. @Asach4 : 1
  16. @YashwantCharan : 1
  17. @ashimasingh99 : 1
  18. @swamilion : 1
  19. ‏@Prach82 : 1
  20. @Prouud2bIndian : 1
  21. @AnirudhaLimaye : 1
  22. @Chandrashmii : 1
  23. ‏@a_gopinathan : 1
  24. @harshit13175873 : 1
  25. @swathip18 : 1
Hope you all had a great and soothing Maha Shivaratri.

1 comment:

  1. Kiran ji
    Some questions:
    1. Difference between Shiva and Shankara
    2. Why upavasam?
    3. Why jagaraNa?
    4. Why do devotees look at the lingam from the gap between the horns of nandi?

    Thank you

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