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:
#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:
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Kiran ji
ReplyDeleteSome questions:
1. Difference between Shiva and Shankara
2. Why upavasam?
3. Why jagaraNa?
4. Why do devotees look at the lingam from the gap between the horns of nandi?
Thank you