Tuesday, March 27, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 126: 20-Mar-2012

Theme: Female Centric Hindu Festivals
  1. Name the spiritual movement in meditation, involving lakhs of women, which calls itself daughters of the Creator - #DharmaQuiz 986. Ans: Brahma Kumaris. More here: http://www.bkwsu.org/whoweare/history.htm/
  2. Name the Hindu cultural festival in Kerala,which has set the Guinness record for the largest gathering of women at 1 place!  #DharmaQuiz 987 Ans: Pongala. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongala
  3. 92 KM from a metro city in India, women of all backgrounds can worship Adi Parashakti at sanctum sanctorum. Name the metro. #DharmaQuiz 988. Ans: Chennai. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhiparasakthi_Siddhar_Peetam
  4. Like Sabarimala, there's a mostly women pilgrimage with mala & "irumudi" for women. It's call Om "____". Fill the blanks. #DharmaQuiz 989. Ans: Om Shaki pilgrimage. More here: http://www.sakthiolhi.org/irumudi.htm and http://www.omsakthi.org/news/2001/011211.html
  5. Name a famous festival in & around Bihar,where the chief worshiper is a woman & titled "Parvaitin". #DharmaQuiz 990. Ans: Chhath Puja. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhath
Top Scorers:
  • @sheefal : 5
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  • @sharathinindia : 5
  • @bhaviknz : 5
  • @vijayasenthilk : 5
  • @Amaresh80 : 5
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  • @iSaakshi : 5
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Congrats to:
  • @DevNakshi : 4
  • @pvaidyaraj : 4
  • @chikchirp : 3
  • @TheArvindDhar : 3
  • @_Nithingowda : 3
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  • @mayaadvaita : 2

  • @Dhanushm : 1
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  • @maddyraj : 1
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  • @shivsBHARAT : 1
  • @manohar_sram : 1
  • @SantaSingh : 1
  • @voxindica : 1
I was told this was a tougher quiz, but was glad to see so many make it to the list above. There were more who attempted. Thanks to your interest!

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