Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Great Yoga Masters

#DharmaQuiz Session 335: 16-Jun-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2061: Name this great #Yoga Guru, a Padma Vibhushan, who lived for 95 years and taught Yoga to lakhs. Ans: BKS Iyengar.

DQ 2061. Pic: hinduhumanrights.info
#DharmaQuiz 2062: Name this #Yoga Guru, who lived till 93 years of age, and taught Ashtanga Yoga to 1000s in Europe. Ans: K Pattabhi Jois.

DQ 2062. Pic: awakeningtimes
#DharmaQuiz 2063: Name this legendary Yogi, who lived during Gandhi's time and popularized #Yoga in America. Ans: Paramahamsa Yogananda.

DQ 2063. Pic: pinimg.com

#DharmaQuiz 2064: In 1960s, Menninger studied this #Yoga master's ability to voluntarily control
heartbeat. Name him. Ans: Swami Rama.

DQ 2064. Pic: sadhanamandir.org/
{Final, Open till 10 PM} #DharmaQuiz 2065: Name this #Yoga master who trained 40,000 Transcendental Meditation Gurus. Ans: Maharshi Mahesh Yogi.

DQ 2065. Pic: coolspotters.com
Scores for session 335:
  1. @karthikjana : 5
  2. @Simuntweets : 5
  3. @Vasista_ : 5
  4. @Telugutalli : 5
  5. @KavyaKalkuni : 5
  6. @pramod_klr : 5
  7. @sriksvenkat : 5
  1. @deshi_mangoman : 4
  2. @stormylook : 4
  3. @KILROP : 4
  1. @SwathiRagha : 3
  2. @NitinShanbhag : 3
  3. @dhpavan : 3
  4. @ShubhaPatil9 : 3
  1. @shivaparv : 2
  2. @deepti_nainwal : 2
  3. @mitasarkar4 : 2
  4. @mrkotians : 2
  1. @meetkeshi : 1
  2. @Miracle_Mentor : 1
  3. @shishya36 : 1
  4. @shobhana18 : 1
  5. @DrAsisAcharya : 1
  6. @abhipar7 : 1
  7. @mamtan14 : 1
  8. ‏@saurabhdwivedio : 1
  9. @rupeshsingh10 : 1
  10. @Abhaymudra : 1
  11. @SukhiVa : 1
  12. @rohitsamvada : 1
  13. @A31X64Vijay : 1
  14. @daredevilakshay : 1
  15. @subramanyajois : 1
  16. @Saffrelin : 1
  17. @kesarirang : 1
  18. ‏@MorbidMortal : 1
  19. @MSMScrutinizer : 1
  20. @DrShobha : 1
  21. @pushkar_nk : 1
  22. @LykeASir : 1
  23. @sharatmodi : 1
  24. ‏@joshi_shreyas : 1
  25. @alokgbc : 1
  26. @SamajSevi_Bwood : 1

Have a fantastic International Yoga Day on the 21st!

Friday, June 12, 2015

Ancient and Medieval Hindu Sants

#DharmaQuiz Session 334: 12-Jun-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2056: Alwars were the Vaishanava poet saints in Tamil Nadu during ancient times. Out of 12 Alwars, how many were female? Ans: One - Andal.

#DharmaQuiz 2057: Sant Eknath was a renowned Bhakti movement poet in Maharashtra. Did he live before or after Sant Tukaram? Ans: Before.

#DharmaQuiz 2058: Name this 19th century Hindu sant from central part of India. His name is another name for Ganesha. Ans: Gajanan Maharaj.

DQ 2058 - Pic - Wiki
#DharmaQuiz 2059: This Yogi from 1000 yrs ago is credited for Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati, a Hatha Yoga text. Name him. Ans: Gorakhnath or Gorakshanath.

DQ 2059. Pic: Wiki
#DharmaQuiz 2060: Key Nayanars who worshiped Shiva in TN here.
How many Nayanars were there? Ans: 63.

DQ 2060. Pic: Wiki
Scores for session 334:

@Telugutalli : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5
@chaitanyasoul : 5
@karthikjana : 5

‏@sbangarp : 2
@Sai_swaroopa : 2
@RDWARAKANATH : 2
@mithlm88 : 2
‏@stormylook : 2

@IyerMira : 1
@shashiparakh : 1
@shaileshwelekar : 1
@ShubhaPatil9 : 1
‏@amalviya18 : 1
@ganex : 1
@ravi_bansal30 : 1
@srinivasanands : 1
@Sridhar_Salem : 1
@choubisa171 : 1
@KARUPPASAMY_L : 1
@sameeral_in : 1
@arunprasad72 : 1
@vs70 : 1
@Aryavarta_ : 1
@MrCoolkarni : 1
@cavrags : 1
@ksrikantiyer : 1
@conphucius : 1
@ashvasant : 1
@ksinamdar : 1
@shreeramm : 1
@Mamdhata : 1