Core Beliefs
Geography
Hindu Culture
Festivals
100

What word means your actions and their results?

What is karma?

100

What country is the birthplace of Hinduism?

What is India?

100

What is the name for a Hindu place of worship?

What is a mandir?

100

What festival is known as the Festival of Lights?

What is Diwali?

200

What word means doing your duty or doing what’s right?

What is dharma?

200

What river is considered the holiest in Hinduism?

What is the Ganga (Ganges)?

200

What is one thing most Hindus avoid eating?

What is beef?

200

During Holi, what do people throw to celebrate?

What is colored powder?

300

What is freedom from the cycle of life and death called?

What is moksha?

300

What state is the largest Hindu temple in the United States located in?

What is New Jersey?

300

What do many Hindus take off before entering a temple?

What are shoes?

300

What type of food is often eaten as a religious offering or “prasad”?

What are sweets?

400

What is the cycle of birth and rebirth called?

What is samsara?

400

What mountain range in northern India and southern Nepal is known as the “abode of the gods”?

What are the Himalayas?

400

What do people ring when entering and/or leaving a Hindu temple?

What is a bell?

400

What is the traditional mark worn on the forehead called?

What is a bindi (or tilak)?

500

How does one achieve moksha?

What is performing your duty without attachment to the result (or karma yoga)?

500

What country has the highest percentage of its population that’s Hindu?

What is Nepal?

500

What is one way Hinduism has influenced Western exercise/wellness?

What is yoga (or meditation)?

500

What greeting means “I bow to the divine in you”?

What is Namaste?

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