Tuesday, June 10, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 280: 10-Jun-2014

Theme: Ancient rock carved murtis in India

#DharmaQuiz 1786: These magnificent ancient rock carving of Shiva is in which North Eastern state of India? Ans: Tripura. Kailashahar in North Tripura district is famous for the Unakoti Shiva pilgrimage.

DQ 1786: Pic: indiaonline.in



#DharmaQuiz 1787: This large Shiva Linga, a monolith always surrounded by water, is in which south Indian state? Ans: Karnataka. It's in Hampi. Badavilinga (near to Lakshmi-Narsimha statue) is a monolith, carved out of one rock. The sanctum chamber that houses it is a large stone, brick and mortar structure.

DQ 1787: Pic: Blogspot

#DharmaQuiz 1788: At Siyamangalam, TN, a temple on top of a rock. Only brave climb dangerous steps. For which Deva? Ans: Murugan or Subrahmanya or Kartikeya.

DQ 1788. Pic: gkamesh.wordpress
DQ 1789. Pic: pkothavade.blogspot
#DharmaQuiz 1789: This Hanuman carving by lake is near a famous fort at 3500 feet in Western India. In which state? Ans: Maharashtra. Vilaspur area. Bhaje fort and caves.

DQ 1790. Pic: trekearth
{Final,Open till 10.30 PM} #DharmaQuiz 1790: This ancient rock carving of Maitreya is in which North Indian state? Ans: Jammu and Kashmir.  Karchay Khar village, Suru valley, Kargil district.

Scores in session 280:
  1. ‏@PrashanthSai369 : 4
  2. ‏@man8shree : 4
  3. ‏@pramod_klr : 4
  4. @Tasmayi : 4
  1. @RakiTweets : 3
  1. @shivprasath : 2
  2. ‏@muktivardhan : 2
  3. @durgaramdas : 2
  1. ‏@raamss : 1
  2. @SonofUdupi : 1
  3. ‏@Yaba_dabadoo : 1
  4. @ChampakRoy : 1
  5. @Ravindra_Maiya : 1
  6. @SadanandaAithal : 1
  7. @balaji210671 : 1
  8. @arunpatil36 : 1
  9. ‏@rajeev_n : 1
  10. @KRMuraleedharan : 1
  11. @anamika_99 : 1
  12. @sridhar17 : 1
  13. @comfykaju : 1
  14. @vvkashyap : 1
  15. @RameshAllenki : 1
  16. @dilipdehariya : 1

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