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Ether, air, fire, water, earth, planet, all creatures, directions, trees and plants, rivers and seas, are organs of the supreme Lord’s body.
– Bhāgavata Purāṇa
1. Sabarimala temple is located in which state?
a) Assam
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Uttarakhand
Answer. c) Kerala
Sabarimala temple (Kerala), dedicated to the deity Ayyappa, draws over ten million devotees every year.
2. Pandharpur wārī, an 800-year-old tradition is from which state?
a) Maharashtra.
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Uttarakhand
Answer. a) Maharashtra.
Pandharpur wārī, an 800-year-old tradition in Maharashtra. Warī means a pilgrimage that is held regularly, in this case annually. Pilgrims walk in large groups for 21 days to the famous Vithoba temple in Pandharpur.
3. Niyam Dongar hill is located in which state?
a) Maharashtra.
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Jharkhand
Answer. d) Jharkhand
The Niyam Dongar hill in the Niyamgiri Range of Jharkhand is sacred to the Dongria Khond tribe. They believe that the hill is the abode of Niyam Raja, the supreme deity who provides everything they need for sustenance. Cutting trees here is prohibited and considered a sign of disrespect to the deity.
4. Todas tribes are associated with which state?
a) Maharashtra.
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jharkhand
Answer. b) Tamil Nadu
In the Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu, the Todas, a tribal community, regard many mountain peaks as sacred and associate them with their gods.
5. Jyotirlingas are sacred shrines dedicated to which god?
a) Lord Vishnu
b) Maa Durga
c) Lord Shiva
d) Lord Hanuman
Answer. c) Lord Shiva
jyotirlingas are sacred shrines dedicated to Śhiva, a major deity of Hinduism. Each shrine has its own
unique mythology and name.
6. How many Shakti pīṭhas are in Hinduism?
a) 11
b) 21
c) 51
d) 108
Answer. c) 51
There is a story about the 51 Shakti pīṭhas. Shakti, the divine mother in the form of Satī, and her consort, Śhiva, were insulted by her father. An angry Satī immolated herself. Shiva was so livid that he took her body and refused to allow the last rites. Śhiva’s anger was dangerous for the world and the cosmos. So Viṣhṇu used his chakra to cut up Satī’s body. The Shakti pīṭhas are the places across the Subcontinent where the body parts of the divine mother fell one by one. The symbol behind the story is clear: the whole land becomes the body of the divine mother.
7. Which of the following is not a Kumbh Mela's place?
a) Haridwar
b) Nashik
d) Kashi
d) Ujjain
Answer. d) Kashi
Four places — Haridwar, Prayagraj, Nashik, and Ujjain. These are the places where the Kumbh Mela has been held, and a dip in the rivers there during a prescribed period is considered most auspicious.
8. Tiruvannamalai hill is located in which state?
a) Maharashtra.
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jharkhand
Answer. b) Tamil Nadu
9. The Maoris are the indigenous people of which country?
a) Canada
b) USA
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
Answer. d) New Zealand
The Maoris, the indigenous people of New Zealand, regard the Taranaki Maunga mountain as their ancestor and therefore as sacred; after many representations by the Maoris, a law recently granted this mountain the rights and responsibilities of a human being — an acknowledgement of the Maori worldview
10. Kalkai temple is located in which state?
a) Maharashtra.
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jharkhand
Answer. a) Maharashtra.
Kalkai temple, Mulshi, Maharashtra
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