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:

1. ‏@man8shree : 5

1. @Mamdhata : 4
2. @Simuntweets : 4
3. @GuruCharan99 : 4

1. @SwathiRagha : 3
2. @Telugutalli : 3
3. ‏@anasrini : 3

1. ‏@jgdanjesh : 2
2. @tanksalikv : 2

1. @_shomy : 1
2. @tmsatagoapan : 1
3. @ParambathP : 1
4. @aravozhukkam : 1
5. ‏@ddpatel1120 : 1
6. @nityaism : 1
7. @iMumbaykar : 1
8. @schandrask : 1
9. @BogleSidha : 1
10. @Archana1207 : 1
11. @Eagleeye47 : 1
12. @vjchats : 1
13. @rajizm : 1
14. ‏@raamss : 1
15. ‏@yenkak : 1
16. @ParthiVasudev : 1
17. ‏@anasrini : 1
18. @nikhil__13 : 1
19. @sharan070192 : 1

Shri Gurubhyo namah.. Harih om!

DharmaQuiz Session 177: 23-Nov-2012

Theme: Key heritage sources of North and East India, from the South.

1. Name this very famous Hindu Sanyasi, born in South India, who established the Jyotirmath in
2. Uttarakhand 1200 years ago. #DharmaQuiz 1241. Ans: Adi Shankara.
3. Name this South Indian barber, whose parents were from Bidar, Karnataka, who was 1 of the first 5
4. Sikhs to form the Khalsa. #DharmaQuiz 1242. Ans: Bhai Sahib Singh.
5. For 350 years, all chief priests of Nepal's most famous Pashupatinath temple, have been from South
6. India. From which state? #DharmaQuiz 1243. Ans: Karnataka.
7. Name this Acharya who founded the Shuddha Advaita Pushti sect 500 years back, born in Bihar, in a
8. Telugu Brahmin family. #DharmaQuiz 1244. Ans: Vallabha Acharya.
9. {Final,Open till 11PM} A powerful dynasty ruled Bengal 1000 yrs ago (1070-1230), whose origin was from Karnataka. Name it.  #DharmaQuiz 1245. Ans: The Sena Dynasty. More: http://www.indianetzone.com/22/sena_dynasty_origin_early_history.htm

Top scorers of session 177:

1. @pirateadmiral : 5
2. @surenc1974 : 5
3. @bbkhilari : 5
4. @rahulghildiyal : 5
5. @Dhanushm : 5
6. @philAmit : 5
7. @geophyraj : 5
8. @abhipar7 : 5
9. @intodust_in : 5
10. @being_delhite : 5
11. @sharathinindia : 5
12. @dolby_mehul : 5
13. @Shree03 : 5

Many Congrats to these:

@ChandanYogendra : 4
@Tasmayi : 4
@bhaviknz : 4
@sweetandu : 4
@pradeepkhs : 4
@anandt_05 : 4

@ThejasMysore : 3
@Manjunaath : 3

@manohar_sram : 2
@vyasraj : 2
@iRohitBhat : 2
@rinku3009 : 2

@pandurangpai40 : 1
@alok_bhatt : 1
@911ashish : 1
@shra1kulkarni : 1
@CAPMohan : 1
@BalachandarS : 1
@Dilipmys : 1
@skumbar : 1
@HeathensWeb : 1
@dankchikidang : 1
@bkprajwal : 1
@vyas_rs : 1
@1800guru : 1
@sreedharag : 1
@matarishwan : 1
@divyankp : 1
@Rasraj : 1
@gantinm : 1
@shriram78 : 1
@imukuvacha : 1
@Marut_ : 1
@CJ_Shekhar : 1
@siva420 : 1

This particular session combined (Hindu) history too to Dharma part. But will give you quite a bit of insight into how Sikhs in Punjab, Dynasties of Bengal and Temples of Nepal have historical link to South India. Very few would ever know that one of the first five Sikhs ever (Khalsa's Punj Pyares) was a Kannadiga!

More interesting topic next time. Watch out for Tuesday and Friday around 6 PM India time on Twitter for this quiz, with a tag #DharmaQuiz .