Hindu temples of North East India

#DharmaQuiz Session 345: 09-Oct-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2111: The famous Kamakhya temple of Guwahati, Asom, is over which hill? Ans: Nilachal.

#DharmaQuiz 2112: The famous Basistha temple outside Guwahati, is in which forest reserve, famous for elephants? Ans: Garbhanga reserve forest.

DQ 2112: Pic: Wiki

#DharmaQuiz 2113: There's a Maha Bhairab temple from Mahabharata times in the North East of India with ~5 ft tall Linga. Where? Ans: Tezpur, Asom. 

DQ 2113. Pic: holymahabhairab.in

DQ 2113, pic 2. Pic from Wiki

#DharmaQuiz 2114: This Shiva temple in Brahmaputra, on the smallest inhabited riverine island in the world. Name it. Ans: Umananda temple. 

DQ 2114. Pic 1 (from holidify)

DQ 2114: Pic 2 (from ignca.nic.in)

#DharmaQuiz 2115: One North East Indian state is named after this Devi temple. Which state? Ans: Tripura, named after Tripura Sundari temple of Udaipur.

DQ 2115. Pic: Wiki

Scores for session 345:

1. @karthikjana : 5
2. @Appu_Chikku : 5

1. ‏@mamtan14 : 4

1. @VkPriyanka : 2

1. @bulletguru : 1
2. @alok_bhatt : 1
3. ‏@sujata_subhasis : 1
4. @Winnie11Pooh : 1
5. ‏@Sanjay2Agarwal : 1
6. @AjoyChatterjee : 1
7. @sndoreswamy : 1
8. @dharmikumar : 1
9. @HalderSitavra : 1
10. @adiscover : 1
11. @gaonliya_aapa : 1
12. @Sandeepkhaitan : 1
13. @ratlamisev : 1
14. @bibekdebroy : 1
15. @Richanjgd : 1
16. @RAMESH4184 : 1
17. ‏@keshavaram : 1
18. @sidsen77 : 1
19. @Myselfkp : 1

Try to visit these magnificent temples in the North East!

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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