DharmaQuiz: Jharkhand

Showing posts with label Jharkhand. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Hindu temples of Jammu & Kashmir, and Jharkhand.

DharmaQuiz Session 311: 23-Dec-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1941: Over which mountain is the precious Vaishno Devi temple situated in Jammu and Kashmir? Ans: Trikuta.

DQ 1941: Pic from makemytrip

#DharmaQuiz 1942: There's a famous Devi temple 20 KM east of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir. Mentioned in Kalhana's Rajtarangini. Name it. Ans: Kheer Bhavani temple.

#DharmaQuiz 1943: There's a hill overlooking Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Has Jagadamba Sharika temple. Name the hill. Ans: Hari Parbat.

DQ 1943: Pic from travelersguideindia

#DharmaQuiz 1944: This 325 year old Hindu temple was restored in 2008 in the state of Jharkhand. Name the temple. Ans: Jagannath temple, Ranchi.

DQ 1944: Pic from panoramio

#DharmaQuiz 1945: Only one of the 12 sacred Jyotir Lingas, is in the eastern part of India. Where is it? Ans: Baidyanath, Jharkhand.

Scores for session 311:

@surnell : 5
@RakeshChouhan : 5

@TheArvindDhar : 4

@stormylook : 3
@bezubaan : 3
@DrShobha : 3

@rahulbagati : 2
@pradeepsingh83 : 2
@NaMo__Bhakt : 2
@chitrabharadwaj : 2
@mamtakejriwal75 : 2

@rathinikesh : 1
@shailu_CA : 1
‏@SameerTandon1 : 1
@sudhirapai : 1
@rgopalv : 1
@NilimaNilimas : 1
@jodhra63 : 1
@arunrush : 1
@pramodthap : 1
‏@ko_ji2000 : 1
‏@mrsnrao : 1
@devyanidilli : 1
@PoonamV_ : 1
@keshavaram : 1
@KakRajender : 1
‏@RRamgovind : 1
@TORUKH_MAKTO : 1
@anityakr : 1
@prasca : 1
@ganeshmahnar : 1
@sharnarthi90 : 1
@Krish9995 : 1
@AgentSaffron : 1
@KakRajender : 1
@Nationalistweet : 1

Learn more about temples from these two states, that were in news today.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Theme: Shakti Peetha

DharmaQuiz Session 299: 26-Sep-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1881: Nearly 20% of Shakti Peethas for Devi are in one state of India. Which one?
Happy Navaratri. Ans: Poschim Bongo or West Bengal. 11 of 51.

#DharmaQuiz 1882: Name one Shakti Peetha for Maa Durga that is in Sri Lanka. Ans: Mainly, Indrakshi peetha at Nainativu (Manipallavam) in Sri Lanka.

#DharmaQuiz 1883: There's one famous Shakti Peetha in Pakistan, where the Goddess is called Kottari. In which province of Pakistan? Ans: Baluchistan. The place is Hinglaj.

#DharmaQuiz 1884: Devi is known as Dakshayani in this Shakti Peetha, north of India.
In which country and region today? Ans: Tibet in China. Manas sarovar place.

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1885: Name one Shakti Peetha for Devi, which is also right next to a Jyotir Linga for Lord Shiva. Ans: Srisailam, AP. Also, Maa Jai Durga Shaktipeeth of Jharkhand can be found near Baba Vaidyanatha Jyotir Linga per @simuntweets

Scores for session 299:

‏@ajaypawardr : 5
@Simuntweets : 5
‏@mdbiyani : 5

@gboxam : 2
@chetankshet : 2

@dwivedikapil : 1
@ShirazHassan : 1
@tradetoday99 : 1
‏@VikramSanghi11 : 1
@junawani : 1
@pandey_ashishkp : 1
@ramesh_katte : 1
@mithlm10sg8 : 1
@ghruni : 1
@anilindia2020 : 1
‏@ajitmyth : 1
@IMeAndMine : 1
@ppani76 : 1

Jai Maa Durge!

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:

@TheArvindDhar : 5
‏@ajaypawardr : 5
@vijirak : 5
@Mamdhata : 5
‏@pandey_ashishkp : 5
@GayathriSrinath : 5

@karthikjana : 4
@vivekDw02165999 : 4

‏@ShenoyVijeta : 3
@drarora_gaurav : 3
@_shomy : 3
@meenabg : 3

@Susri1210 : 2
@venkataa : 2
@karthiabraje : 2
‏@SeCoolar_Right : 2
@deshi_mangoman : 2
‏@kksubbu2003 : 2

@_sujayS : 1
@Viswajgd : 1
@mandya_manju : 1
@anurag_surya : 1
@sonitarun1 : 1
@ksmsundaram1975 : 1
@Ramsesh2809 : 1
@ashvasant : 1
@AniilkumarAnil : 1
‏@jpdadhich : 1
@ajittyagi1805 : 1
@Srinathbki : 1
@seevin : 1
@ajittyagi1805 : 1
@Asach4 : 1
@YashwantCharan : 1
@ashimasingh99 : 1
@swamilion : 1
‏@Prach82 : 1
@Prouud2bIndian : 1
@AnirudhaLimaye : 1
@Chandrashmii : 1
‏@a_gopinathan : 1
@harshit13175873 : 1
@swathip18 : 1

Hope you all had a great and soothing Maha Shivaratri.