DharmaQuiz: Dwaraka

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Sapta Moksha Nagari

Sapta Moksha Puri. Pic - Wiki (sorry, PoK & CoK excluded)

#DharmaQuiz Session 343: 25-Aug-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2101: Out of the "Sapta Moksha Nagari" or 7 holiest of cities for Hindus, which is the only one on sea coast? Ans: Dwaraka, Gujarat.

#DharmaQuiz 2102: Out of the "Sapta Moksha Nagari" for Hindus, which one had a historic name called Avantika? Ans: Ujjain, MP.

#DharmaQuiz 2103: Out of the Sapta Moksha Nagari's for Hindus, which one has a huge temple for Devi Kamakshi? Ans: Kanchi, TN.

#DharmaQuiz 2104: Out of the Sapta Moksha Nagari's for Hindus, which one can be termed as both gateway to Shiva as well as Vishnu? Ans: Haridwar or Haradwar, in Uttarakhand.

#DharmaQuiz 2105: Out of the three Sapta Moksha Nagari's for Hindus in Uttar Pradesh, name the one not next to Yamuna or Ganga rivers. Ans: Ayodhya.

Scores for session 343:
Did not count, sorry.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Theme: Guru Shishya Parampara and Sampradaya

DharmaQuiz Session 301: 14-Oct-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1891: In Hindu sampradaya, Guru gives initiation to Shishya into a specific parampara. What's the Samskrita word for initiation? Ans: Diksha.

#DharmaQuiz 1892: Name the shishya of Adi Shankara, who started the Dwaraka pitha's Kitavala Guru- Shishya sampradaya. Ans: Hastamalaka Acharya.

#DharmaQuiz 1893: Name any one Vaishnava Guru-Shishya sampradaya that has been running for more than 500 years. Ans: Gaudiya sampradaya (Madhwacharya started it). Ramanandi sampradaya (Ramanujacharya a part of it). Pustimarga sampradaya (Vallabhacharya started it).

#DharmaQuiz 1894: Before Swaminarayan started Swaminarayan sampradaya under Guru Ramanand Swami, what was this sampradaya called? Ans: Uddhav Sampradaya.

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1895: Name any 1 famous Guru, for whom temples exist, who did not belong to any traditional sampradaya. Ans: Shirdi Sai Baba, Narayana Guru, Puttaparthi Satya Sai Baba.

Answers to session 301:

‏@man8shree : 5

@Mamdhata : 4
@Simuntweets : 4
@GuruCharan99 : 4

@SwathiRagha : 3
@Telugutalli : 3
‏@anasrini : 3

‏@jgdanjesh : 2
@tanksalikv : 2

@_shomy : 1
@tmsatagoapan : 1
@ParambathP : 1
@aravozhukkam : 1
‏@ddpatel1120 : 1
@nityaism : 1
@iMumbaykar : 1
@schandrask : 1
@BogleSidha : 1
@Archana1207 : 1
@Eagleeye47 : 1
@vjchats : 1
@rajizm : 1
‏@raamss : 1
‏@yenkak : 1
@ParthiVasudev : 1
‏@anasrini : 1
@nikhil__13 : 1
@sharan070192 : 1

Shri Gurubhyo namah.. Harih om!

Friday, December 13, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 247: 13-Nov-2013

DQ 1621: Source thelivingmoon.com

Theme: Discovery of ancient Hindu monuments

#DharmaQuiz 1621: This is a diver examining the submerged city built during Shri Krishna's era. Name the city. Ans: Dwaraka, off Gujarat's coast.

#DharmaQuiz 1622: A massive settlement happened in North West of India & Pakistan, along the banks of which river? Ans: Saraswati. (But Sindhu also considered, though the map clearly identifies Saraswati valley's ascent)

DQ 1622: Source telegraphindia

DQ 1623: Image - causes-prod.caudn.com

#DharmaQuiz 1623: This is an ancient bridge submerged now in Indian ocean. Where does it's Eastern end connect to? Ans: Talai Mannar in Sri Lanka.

#DharmaQuiz 1624: This satellite image shows 900 yr old Vishnu temple (world's biggest temple complex). Where is it?. Ans: Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

DQ 1624: Image - dailymail.co.uk

DQ 1625: Source - weather-forecast

#DharmaQuiz 1625: Satellite image of Hindu pilgrimage place looking like Cow's ear. Name it. Ans: Gokarna in Karnataka. (Go = cow, karna = ear).

Answers for session 247:

@drarora_gaurav : 5
@rajeshrajput1 : 5
@gupta_n : 5
@GirishLN : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
‏@ramas_cal : 5
@man8shree : 5
@mareekuree : 5
@GayathriSrinath : 5

@brahmavith : 4
@sharathinindia : 4
@sudhee26 : 4
@rinku3009 : 4
@kr_upadhyaya : 4
@rravi55 : 4
@manjunathbhg : 4
@JagannathAjnabi : 4
@AMoorthy : 4
@sinhankur : 4

@meenabg : 3
@MKanthaliya : 3
@saggirex : 3
@sunilgujar : 3
@pnthacker : 3
@nareshdixit82 : 3
@MorpariaRajesh : 3

@ravlu : 2
@sweetandu : 2
@AmitIntruder : 2
@mangalorecafe : 2
@Sravan : 2
@rajmohan_k : 2
@BhaghatGuru : 2
‏@pooja_LuvIndia : 2
@stormylook : 2
@SaffronRahul : 2
@Harshythsunkari : 2
@pradeep_noida : 2
@sidd1993 : 2
‏@sndpmysuru : 2
@ksmsundaram1975 : 2
@piyush1062 : 2

@sid_dhupe : 1
@praveenmla : 1
@nimeshchandra : 1
@gnswamy74 : 1
@BRIJGOPALJOSHI: 1
@kumarnandaj : 1
@SrDPO : 1
@chaitanyasoul : 1
@rohitsamvada : 1
‏@padmakark : 1
@venkataa : 1
@InternetVHindu : 1
@satishpatil24 : 1
@srisriyash : 1
@showadarsh : 1
@iChiradeep : 1
@gprasadadv : 1
@praveena_kd : 1
@RramachandranR : 1
@Rudra_TheArcher : 1
@geffbeck : 1
@rationaldeep : 1
@SarayuBaawan : 1
@shekhu : 1
@alokjain_ : 1
@satishmohite : 1
@gautam_purohit : 1
@VBRajiv : 1
@ShKa89 : 1
‏@imharshp : 1
@zincmetal : 1
@ashu_tryambak : 1
‏@RaRao23 : 1
@bhartikaushal79 : 1
@Sunrisecandles1 : 1
‏@vidhyaaradhya : 1
@ilovedirestrait : 1
@iHardikBhatt : 1
@vishal1818 : 1
@srikanthviru : 1
@NirmaalyaDe : 1
‏@harshit13175873 : 1
@kbharada : 1

See you next week. Hope you are exploring further on these ancient Hindu treasures!

Friday, February 24, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 119: 17-Feb-2012

Theme: Capitals from Hindu PuraNas.

In Hindu puranas, which city is depicted as the capital of Kubera? #DharmaQuiz 949. Ans: Alakavati, but will consider Lanka too.
In Mahabharata, which grandly built city was Shri Krishna's capital? #DharmaQuiz 950 Ans: Dwaraka
In Hindu puraNas, which city is depicted as Yama's capital? #DharmaQuiz 951 Ans: Samyamani Nagara.
In Mahabharata, which city is termed as the capital of Gandhara kingdom, today's Afghanistan-Pakistan area? #DharmaQuiz 952. Ans: Will accept Pushkalavati and Purushapura (Peshawar now)
{Final, open till 11 PM} Tough one: Name the capital of Lord of the winds, Vayu. #DharmaQuiz 953. Ans: Gandhavati Nagar

Top Scorers:

@sheefal : 5
@rahulghildiyal : 5

Congratulations to:

@pirateadmiral : 4
@sgdas2004 : 4
@DevNakshi : 4
@vijirak : 3
@ChdryPk : 3
@surenc1974 : 3
@mamtan14 : 3
@jsinh : 3
@Susri1210 : 2
@iSumitRk : 2
@divyaT_ : 2
@SamitLive : 2
@Kar7x : 2
@idurgesh : 2
@sharathinindia : 2
@kumar_vv : 2
@DaigdigDalisay : 2
@philAmit : 2
@ashithakur : 2
@ShatrughanSingh : 2
@TheArvindDhar : 2
@iSaakshi : 2
@stormylook : 2
@balakrshnanr : 2
@neerajstpl : 2
@vaswaniravi : 1
@ChefEmBee : 1
@udgeetha : 1
@man0jsharma : 1
@SantaSingh : 1
@chikchirp : 1
@abhipar7 : 1
@Ravitejadanda : 1
@shamit11 : 1
@i_Balaji : 1
@mbhagawat : 1
@shivsBHARAT : 1
@_ankitG : 1
@hindu_tweeter : 1
@vikasF22 : 1
@voxindica : 1
@Noopur_m : 1

Thanks for your participation!