DharmaQuiz: Aurobindo

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Friday, July 24, 2015

Guru Mandala

#DharmaQuiz Session 339: 24-Jul-2015

All questions today are having answers in this Guru Mandala or collage of Gurus' picture.

#DharmaQuiz 2081: Name the famous Guru from 17th century, who was born as Venkanna Bhatta, in today's Tamil Nadu region. Ans: Raghavendra Swami.

#DharmaQuiz 2082: Name the famous female Dharmic leader of 20th century, whose mother's name was Shyama Sundari Devi. Ans: Sharada Devi.

#DharmaQuiz 2083: Name the Rishi among Saptarshi' s (seven great sages), whose wife was Anusuya. Ans: Atri.

#DharmaQuiz 2084: Name the great Guru of 15 & 16th century CE, who was born in Asom & died in Poschim Bongo. Credited with Borgeet creation. Ans: Srimanta Sankar Deva.

{Final, Open till 10 PM} #DharmaQuiz 2085: She was born in France. Came to India in 1914. Founded a famous ashram. Known as The Mother. Who? Ans: Mirra Alfassa. Founder of the Aurobindo Ashram.

Scores for session 339:
Did not collect. Will do next time.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Famous philosophers of India.

DharmaQuiz Session 289: 22-July-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1831: In which place did the the famous 12th century philosopher and reformer, Basavanna, die (Aikya)? Ans: Kudala Sangama, Karnataka.

#DharmaQuiz 1832: The great philosopher Sri Aurobindo's "Savitri" is based on which Hindu Itihasa
(epic)? Ans: Mahabharata.

#DharmaQuiz 1833: Name this 16th century Hindu reformer and philosopher, who started the "Vasudeva Sanstha" movement (house to house bhajan) Ans: Eknath.

#DharmaQuiz 1834: Thakur Jaidev Singh was a philosopher and chief producer of AIR. He was an expert on Shaivism. Of which region's Shaivism? Ans: Kashmiri Shaivism.

{Final,Open till 10.30PM} #DharmaQuiz 1835: Mandana Mishra, philosopher 1200 yrs ago, got what name after becoming Adi Shankara's shishya? Ans: Sureshwara Acharya.

Scores of session 289:

@jitvg : 5
@pramod_klr : 5
@arunz : 5
@abhipar7 : 5
@man8shree : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5

@3f58ee17d4d34bb : 2
@tradetoday99 : 2
@ajaypawardr : 2

@mrsnrao : 1
@surnell : 1
@seshasivasailam : 1
@manjumca34 : 1
@Hindu_Extremist : 1

Hope we learnt a bit more on the famous souls who guided us!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 221: 18-Jun-2013

Theme: 19th and 20th century Hindu Veda/Yoga Scholars.

A great Swami of 19th century Gujarat, propounded the motto "Go back to Vedas". What was his birth name given by family? #DharmaQuiz 1481. Ans: Mul Shankar Tiwari later became Dayananda Saraswati.
Name this Pandit born in 19th century Bihar, whose scientific interpretation of Vedas earned him a title "2nd Veda Vyasa ". #DharmaQuiz 1482. Ans: Pandit Madhusudan Ojha - More: http://www.vedicpeeth.org/Madhusudan-Ojha.html
This nationalist, Yogi and Guru, was born in 19th century Kolkata in a Ghosh family. Authored at least 4 Yoga books. Who? #DharmaQuiz 1483. Ans: Sri Aurobindo.
This nationalist born in 19th century Maharashtra, authored "Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta Rahasya" at a Myanmar jail. Name him. #DharmaQuiz 1484. Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Name this Hindu spiritual master of 20th century, born a Ghose, who was Hindu of the Year in 1997. #DharmaQuiz 1485. Ans: Sri Chinmoy.

Toppers for session 221:

@rahulghildiyal : 5
@manya_rao : 5
@sharathinindia : 5
@GuruCharan99 : 5
@vinodvyas220 : 5
@natb786 : 5
@vipulgupta1976 : 5
@philAmit : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
@iSaakshi : 5
@iParamanand : 5
@vijastha : 5
@geophyraj : 5

Congrats to all these:

@man8shree : 4
@Parixyt : 4
@Tasmayi : 4
@GayathriSrinath : 4
@brahmavith : 4

@roshan_halwai : 3
@dolby_mehul : 3
@ComedyDivine : 3
@MaheshwarBhatP : 3
@sanjayleo : 3

@ajittyagi1805 : 2
@kaushkrahul : 2
@punter_me : 2
@S_Senshi : 2

@iRushikesh : 1
@shailendram1 : 1
@bsr3012 : 1
@mukunthaniyer : 1
@DhanushKool : 1
@Right__Click : 1
@SujnanNayak : 1
@MadhuRa_april : 1
@Rasraj : 1
@psychiatrycal : 1
@IntrepidTrooper : 1
@bajajsanjay : 1
@bhrigupathi : 1
@aveeksen : 1
@SUBHRANSHUDASH1 : 1
@kmukundra : 1
@CalmAadmi : 1
@geffbeck : 1
@narayan_reddy : 1
@suar4sure : 1
@rishitwt : 1
@prassingh : 1
@udhbava : 1
@harishinamdar : 1
@SharmaJC : 1
@TheArvindDhar : 1
@dasaradhmanji : 1
@Susri1210 : 1
@kalyan_sk3011 : 1
@mandukulkarni : 1
@Daddajidheele : 1
@cubicle_warrier : 1
@trivedianupam : 1
@psudo : 1

Glad that so many tried to answer and learned some things about these great luminaries of Hindu world.

See you next Friday!

Friday, December 7, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 180: 4-Dec-2012

Theme: Hindu Renaissance leaders of 19th century.

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
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
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
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.
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.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 157: 21-Aug-2012

Theme: Sri Aurobindo

When is the birth anniv of Indian scholar, litterateur, philosopher,patriot, social reformer & visionary, Sri Aurobindo? #DharmaQuiz 1141. Ans: 15th August
What was Sri Aurobindo's surname given by his parents? #DharmaQuiz 1142. Ans: Ghose
Name Sri Aurobindo's most famous epical work in English of 23,837 lines directing man towards the Supreme Being. #DharmaQuiz 1143. Ans: Savitri.
Name one upanishad over which Sri Aurobindo wrote extensive commentary. #DharmaQuiz 1144. Ans: Isha Upanishad
{Final, open till 11PM} Where did Sri Aurobindo establish the famous Auroville Ashram? #DharmaQuiz 1145. Ans: Pudhucherry or Pondicherry.

For further study:
http://hinduism.about.com/od/gurussaintsofthepast/a/aurobindo.htm
http://hinduism.about.com/od/gurussaintsofthepast/a/Sri-Aurobindo-Top-10-Quotations.htm

Top Scorers:

@sharathinindia : 5
@sweetandu : 5
@jemin_p : 5
@deetham : 5
@cpdarshi : 5
@vinodvyas220 : 5
@iSaakshi : 5
@abhipar7 : 5
@shawjipk : 5
@DevNakshi : 5

Congrats to:

@BhartiyaAgnosti : 4
@rahulghildiyal : 4
@DilipVyawahare : 4
@psychiatrycal : 4
@gnanambalam : 4
@pkagrawala : 4

@Susri1210 : 3

@sumashiv : 2
@tathagat12 : 2

@Sahyadri : 1
@Good_Bipin : 1
@seshasivasailam : 1
@Mihirkumarjha : 1
@NagPingili : 1
@grk001 : 1
@bhava326 : 1
@vikram_sharma09 : 1
@Primal_White : 1
@dharmakrit : 1

See you next Tuesday!