Riddles
Who is the most unique person you have met?
Yourself
By myself I am poisonous but around this Lord's neck, I am an ornament
Snake
What are the five gratitudes?
Elements,Family, Sages, Human body, Plant/Animals/Nature
What is Navaratri?
Nava means "nine" and Ratri means "night." At Navaratri ("nine nights"), the Lord in the form of the Mother Goddess is worshipped in her various forms.
What invention lets you see through a wall?
Window
What is it that belongs to you but others use it the most?
Your Name
She is fierce for negative elements but protective of good. My roar announces Her arrival.
Tiger
When worshipping Ganesha, who else is worshipped?
The Mouse(another gratitude is satisfied)
What does Durga represent?
To gain noble virtues, all evil tendencies in the mind must be destroyed.
Name one of Karna's flaws
Self-pity, self-centeredness, etc.
I reject nothing, accept everything, and give away everything. Who am I?
Mirror(Men of realization like mirror)
Commander in chief of Devatas and first born of Shiva, I serve
Peacock
You plant a tree. Which gratitude is satisfied?
Plants/Animals/Nature
What does the Goddess Lakshmi represent?
Purification of the mind.
What is it that fills up the entire room and takes no space?
Your smile/ light
What is it that if you think or say that you have it, you lose it?
Humility
White, purity and knowledge, I stand for
Swan
Your parents take care of you and then you take care of them in their old age. Which gratitude is this?
Family
What does Saraswati represent?
Victory over the mind can be gained only through knowledge. This knowledge is spiritual knowledge of the self.
What is the prerequisite to chanting?
To listen
Has no legs but travels far, Knows alphabets but is not learned, Has no mouth but speaks clear. One who knows about it is a scholar.
Email/letter/message
To protect a demon boy, who is my greatest devotee, I came as:
Narasimha(Lion Man)
Selfless contribution without expectation.
Who are you grateful for?
Doctors/Teachers etc. Contributors to society.
Why is the Navaratri festival celebrated at night rather than in the daytime?
(Daily Double)
Night-time is generally the time when we go to sleep, so the spiritual message is, “You have lived long enough in the sleepy ignorance of tamoguna. It is time to wake up now.
Why did Lord Shiva have “trouble” with his computer?
(Daily Double)
Because Ganesha ran away with his “mouse”