Awful Asuras
This relative of Ravana lured Rama away from Sita disguised as a golden deer.
Who is Maareecha
This Pandava is notoriously bad at gambling.
Who is Yudishtira?
This verse in this chapter references abandoning all dharmas and taking refuge in Lord Krishna alone.
What is 18:66m
Lord Murugan/Karthikeya has this many heads.
What is 6?
What is Gurudev’s DOB and the date of Samaadhi? (full points for both, half for one or the other)
What is 5/8/1916 (birth) and 8/3/1993 (Samadhi)
This city is home to the famous Jagannath temple.
What is Puri?
This cow-adjacent asura stands no chance against the ever-mighty Maa Durga.
Who is Mahishasura?
This iconic minister served in King Krishnadevaraya’s court.
Who is Tenali Raman?
In this chapter, Krishna explains that complete surrender and devotion (bhakti) to Him is a path to liberation.
What is Chapter 12?
This god was reduced to ashes when he tried interrupting Lord Shiva’s meditation.
Who is Kamadeva/Manmatha?
Gurudev gave his famous discourses on Vivekachudamani and the Bhagavad Geeta here in 1991. (Full points for name and location, half points for either one.)
Krishnalayam - Piercy, CA
There are this many Jyotirlinga temples in India.
What is 12?
What is the name of the asura whose blood spawned clones of himself?
Who is Raktbheej?
This animal is said to have gotten its stripes from being petted by Lord Rama.
What is the chipmunk?
Who dictated the eloquent Bhagavad Geeta? (100 bonus points if you know who wrote it)
Who is Vedavyasa (narrated)? Who is Ganesha (written)?
The term "Satyameva Jayate", used in the Emblem of India, comes from this Upanishad.
What is the Mundaka Upanishad?
Which saint looked through Gurudev’s eyes after attaining Sannyasi?
Who was Ramana Maharishi?
This temple is home of one of the Shaktipeetas and has a Shivalingam made of ice.
What is Amarnath Temple?
This asura is best known for having some major facepalm moments. (He touched his head and turned to ashes)
Who is Basmaasura?
In the Pancatantras, the jackal falls into a pot of this colored dye before he is treated as king by the other jungle animals. Bonus points if you mention the actual dye name.
What color is blue/purple/indigo?
Before becoming known as the Mahabharata, this was the original name of the text.
What is Jaya?
Name one of the four Mahavakyas of the Upanishads (100 Bonus points for getting all 4).
Tat tvam asi, Aham brahmaasmi, Ayam atma brahma, Pragnyaanam brahma
Gurudev, formerly Balakrishnan Menon, was in this city when the British captured him for protesting.
Where is Abbottabad, Pakistan?
These four temples make up the Char Dham in the Himalayas. (Full points if you get all 4 places)
What are Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri?
What is the name of the donkey Asura that baby Krishna defeated?
This Kaurava was the only brother who opposed the disrobing of Draupadi.
Who is Vikarna?
These four people are the narrators of the Bhagavad Geeta (think ____Uvaca) (full points only if you name them all).
Who are Krishna, Arjuna, Dhirdhirashtra, and Sanjaya?
Name four of the Upanishads? (there are 108 correct answers, we will fact-check at the end)
What are Taitriya Upanishad, Kaliopanishad, Kenopanishad, and Manukyopanishad…these are some popular ones
Gurudev took this pseudonym when he was a newspaper reporter for this paper.
What is The Telegraph, under the name Mochi?
This temple, home to an embodiment of Devi, is famous for the many rats that reside there.
What is the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan?