Shakha
This saffron colored symbol represents values like sacrifice and courage and is treated as the Guru of Sangh
Bhagwa Dhwaj
This leader used nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to help win India's independence from British rule.
Mahatma Gandhi
This prince of Ayodhya was exiled to the forest for 14 years due to a promise his father made to his stepmother Kaikeyi
Lord Rama
This sacred conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, which takes place on the Kurukshetra right before the war begins, is considered one of Hinduism's most important texts.
Bhagavad Gita
This festival of lights celebrates the return of Rama to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana, and is marked by lighting diyas and bursting fireworks.
Diwali
The location of the First Shakha
Nagpur, Maharashtra
This leader worked alongside Mahatma Gandhi during the fight for independence and became India's very first Prime Minister.
Jawaharlal Nehru
This devoted monkey god flew across the ocean to Lanka to find Sita and later helped burn the city with his tail.
Hanuman
This warrior prince was the eldest of the five Pandava brothers and known for his devotion to truth and dharma.
Yudhishthira
This Indian dance form, one of the oldest classical dance styles, is known for its intricate hand gestures (mudras) and storytelling rooted in ancient Hindu stories and traditions.
Bharatanatyam
This command is used only once in achar padditi
Sangh arama
This leader broke away from Gandhi's nonviolent approach, believing armed resistance was necessary, and led an army that fought alongside Japan against British forces.
Subhas Chandra Bose
This kingdom of monkeys, ruled by Sugriva with Hanuman as a key general, allied with Rama to fight Ravana.
Kishkindha
This Pandava queen was won by Arjuna at her swayamvara through a feat of archery, and later married all five Pandava brothers.
Draupadi
This colorful decorative art, made using colored powders, rice, or flower petals on the floor, is traditionally created during festivals to welcome guests and bring good luck.
Rangoli
The 5th stanza of prarthana
samutkarshostu no nityam
nisreyasa samanvitah
tatsdhakama sphuratvanta
suviravratam ujvalama
This warrior queen died fighting on the battlefield in 1858, sword in hand, and is remembered today with statues across India depicting her on horseback in full battle armor.
Rani Lakshmibai (Rani of Jhansi)
This life-saving herb, needed to heal the fatally wounded Lakshmana, could not be identified by Hanuman, so he brought back the entire mountain it grew on instead.
Sanjeevani herb
This weapon, given to Arjuna, was so powerful it could destroy the entire world, and he was warned never to use it against ordinary enemies.
Pashupatastra
This ancient Indian university, located in present-day Bihar, was one of the world's first residential universities and attracted scholars from as far as China and Persia before being destroyed in the 12th century.
Nalanda
Sing the first 2 stanzas of the varg hindi/sanskrit geet (Bonus if you know the whole thing)
Good Job
This young revolutionary threw a bomb inside a British government building in India in 1929, not to kill anyone, but to make a loud statement of protest before letting himself be arrested on purpose.
Bhagat Singh
After the war, Rama had doubts raised by his subjects about Sita's purity during her captivity, leading him to banish her while she was pregnant — she eventually took refuge in this sage's ashram, where she raised their twin sons Lava and Kusha.
Valmiki
This son of Arjuna and Subhadra, was killed after being trapped inside the deadly Chakravyuha formation, which he knew how to enter but not exit.
Abhimanyu
This warrior queen of the Gondwana kingdom ruled as regent for her young son after her husband's death. In 1564, she personally led her forces into battle against the invading army of Mughal Emperor Akbar, ultimately taking her own life rather than be captured after being wounded.
Rani Durgavati