Showing posts with label Vishwanath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vishwanath. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Rebuilding of destroyed ancient Hindu temples.

DharmaQuiz Session 308: 02-Dec-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1926: Name this Dalit Hindu was laid the 1st foundation stone of Ram Janmabhumi temple on Nov 10, 1989. Ans: Kameshwar Choupal


DQ 1926
#DharmaQuiz 1927: Which Prez said this? "Somnath temple signifies that power of reconstruction is always greater than power of destruction". Ans: Babu Rajendra Prasad.

#DharmaQuiz 1928: Kashi Vishwanath temple was rebuilt (after destruction by Aurangzeb) in 1780 CE, by a Maratha queen. Name the brave lady. Ans: Ahalya bai Holkar, Queen of Indore.

#DharmaQuiz 1929: Krishna Janmasthan / Kesava Deo Temple rebuilt in 1965 long after Aurangzeb's destruction. Which industrialist rebuilt it? Ans: Jugal Kishore Birla of Birla group decided to take the leading role to fulfill the wishes of Malviyaji and formed a private trust in 1951 to which the rights of land were later transferred. Jaidayal Dalmia of Dalmia Group was another leading personality, who took untiring efforts and the temple was finally constructed over the site.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesava_Deo_Temple#Present_Temple

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1930: Name Sikh King who donated Kohinoor diamond to a Hindu temple that was plundered 18 times before. Ans: Maharajah Ranjit Singh to Odisha's Puri Jagannath temple. But the Kohinoor never made it to the temple for other reasons, and later British stole it.

Scores for session 308:
  1. ‏@vipulgupta1976 : 5
  1. ‏@Simuntweets : 4
  2. @stormylook : 4
  3. ‏@rajeshrajput1 : 4
  1. @Telugutalli : 3
  1. @kirtweetz : 2
  2. @AbhinavAhinav : 2
  3. @girish_joshig : 2
  4. @ankushraj29 : 2
  5. @ksjha_ngp : 2
  1. @ravideli : 1
  2. @ravisonkusare : 1
  3. ‏@nirbhaavuka : 1
  4. @debakanta87 : 1
  5. @drarora_gaurav : 1
  6. @AjitsinhJagirda : 1
  7. ‏@JpackJack : 1
  8. @sanjayagrawal : 1
  9. @psxyz : 1
  10. ‏@naonome : 1
  11. ‏@arunrush : 1
  12. ‏@mithlm88 : 1
  13. @ashujoshi27 : 1
  14. ‏@sailezz : 1
  15. @ambuj_patel : 1
  16. @tresfool : 1
  17. @vkdwivedi21 : 1
  18. @mrsnrao : 1
  19. @DeepeshLakhera : 1
Respect for the brave souls who have helped reclaim some of the damaged temples.

Friday, April 25, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 271: 25-Apr-2014

For DQ 1744: Pic: hotelkiranpalacevns.com
For DQ 1745: Pic: blogspot.com
Theme: Kashi or Varanasi

#DharmaQuiz 1741: Kashi is the place Tulsidas started composing the epic poetry Ramcharitmanas. In which century did he start this? Ans: 16th century. Year 1574 CE to be precise.

#DharmaQuiz 1742: The description of Kashi or Varanasi is found in ancient Rig Veda and fourteen puranas. Name 1 purana that talks of Kashi. Ans: Any of these: Skanda Purana, Brahmvatatarya Purana, Brahma Purana, Vayu Purana, Matsya Purana, Kurmu Purana, Padma Purana, Vaman Purana, Linga Purana, Narad Purana, Shiva Purana, Bhagwat Purana, Agni Purana, Markandaya Purana

#DharmaQuiz 1743: Current day Golden temple in Kashi of Prabhu Vishwanath, was rebuilt after destruction by which queen of Indore in 1780? Ans: Ahilyabai Holkar.

#DharmaQuiz 1744: Kashi Vishwanath's rebuilt temple's golden pinnacle was donated by Maharaja of Punjab in 1839. Who? Ans: Maharajah Ranjit Singh.

{Final,Open till 10PM} #DharmaQuiz 1745: On which small river's bank is Kashi's famous Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple? Ans: Assi.


Answers to session 271:

  1. @pramod_klr : 5
  2. @rinku3009 : 5
  3. @KaushikRg : 5
  4. @shivprasath : 5
  1. @Tasmayi : 4
  2. @narindk : 4
  3. @sweetandu : 4
  1. @immanishgupta : 3
  1. @BKS_5 : 1
  2. @HalderSitavra : 1
  3. @sundar113 : 1
  4. @VictoryForNamo : 1
  5. @ShishirK81 : 1
  6. @ShirazHassan : 1
  7. @modifiedindia14 : 1
  8. @drarora_gaurav : 1
  9. ‏@supadhaya : 1
  10. @Jason88336132 : 1
  11. @rajawat_10 : 1
  12. @immanishgupta : 1
  13. ‏@iMumbaykar : 1
  14. @palvesta : 1

Jai Kashi Vishwanath and Vishalakshi!