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!

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