BAPS Trivia

Basic Satsang

100

Who started regular ravi sabha?

Yogiji Maharaj

200

What are the 4 main scriptures in our Swaminarayan Sampraday?

Vachnamrut, Shikashapatri, Satsang Diksha, Swamini Vato

300

Who wrote the arti?

Muktanand Swami

400

What are the names of the five artis?

Mangla, Shangar, Rajbhog, Sandhya, Shayan

500

Who wrote the Bhaktachintamani?

Nishkulanand Swami

Symbols

100

What wooden item is symbolic of our refuge in Bhagwan?

Kanthi

200

What symbol represents Bhagwan’s divine feet and Bhagwan’s bhakta bowing

Tilak-chandlo

300

What is a shrine where Maharaj and Swami listen to our prayers, and a symbol representative of our Akshar-Purushottam Upasana

Akshar Deri

400

What helps focus the mind, reduce thoughts, and is essential for daily puja. 

Mala

500

There are eight angles of Octagon, in the same way on this earth there are four directions

Ashtakon

Shriji Maharaj

100

What was the length of Nilkanth Varni's vicharan across India?

7 years, 1 month, and 11 days

200

When and where was Bhagwan Swaminarayan born?

1781 (VS 1837) and Chhapaiya

300

This is the name of the village in which Ghanshyam participated in the debate with the scholars, at the age of 9 comparing the importance of gnan and bhakti.

Kashi

400

Bhagwan Swaminarayan’s message and legacy is present today through what three eternal foundations of the Swaminarayan Sampraday?

Mandir, Shastras, and Gunatit Sant

500

What are the 16 holy chinha (signs) on Maharaj's charanarvind?

ashtakon, urdhvarekha, swastika, jambu, jav, vajra, ankush, ketu, Padma, trikon, kalash, gopad, dhanushya, meen, ardhachandra, vyom

Mahant Swami Maharaj

100

What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's childhood name?

Vinubhai (named Keshav by Yogiji Maharaj)

200

What are Mahant Swami Maharaj's parents' names?

Dahiben and Manibhai

300

What did Mahant Swami Maharaj study in college?

Agriculture

400

Swami Keshavjivandas was appointed as the head of ______ mandir after being initiated as sadhu.

Dadar Mandir

500

Where is Mahant Swami right now?

Atladara, Vadodra

Random

100

Complete: 

While remembering Bhagwan and the guru, women should...

imprint only a kumkum chandlo to their foreheads. They should not apply a tilak.

200

The person who established BAPS and the year in which that happened

Shastriji Maharaj in 1907

300

Complete the shlok "Nijaatmaanam Brahmarupam..." and give the Shikshapatri shlok number

"Nijaatmaanam Brahmarupam Dehatraya Vilakshanam Vibhaavyate Na Kartavyaa Bhaktihi Krushnashchasarvadaa" #116

400

What is Pramukh Swami Maharaj's favorite Vachanamrut?

Gadhada III-7 (Iron Nail)

500

Complete: 

Upon taking the refuge of Satsang, one should always wear...

a double-stranded wooden kanthi around the neck and accept the niyams of Satsang.