Shodashoupachara Pooja
Final Step of the Pooja
What is Pradakshina and Namaskara
This practice of transferring knowledge from teacher to student in Hindu traditional systems has existed for a long time
What is the 'Guru Shishya parampara'?
The main villain in Ramayana
Who is ravana?
Duryodhana's maternal uncle
Who is Shakuni?
I stands for this in the Chinmaya BMI chart
What is intellect?
Spreading incense /fragrant smoke throughout the altar
What is Dhoopa?
gandhari curses this person who she holds responsible for the death of all her 100 sons
Who is Lord Krishna?
He kidnaps Sita
Who is Maricha?
The main guru of the pandavas and kauravas
Who is Dronacharya?
The main evil preventing us from realizing the true atma / soul
What is ego/ahankara? or Vasanas? (Either is acceptable)
The first step of the Pooja
What is Dhyana (meditating on the diety to be invoked/invited)?
Translation of this 18 chapter epic epic into English is 'The Celestial Song'.
What is the Bhagvad Gita
The 2 kids of Rama
Who are Lava and Kusha?
Bhishma's mother
Who is ganga?
Mind is associated with this
What are feelings and emotions?
The step of the pooja associated with sight
What is Deepa or Deepam (showing the lighted lapm)?
Ratnakara the bandit becomes this sage who composes a great Hindu epic
Who is Valmiki?
Hanuman's mother
Who is Anjana?
Pandu's 2nd wife and the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva
Who is Madri?
Chinmaya opening prayer asking for forgiveness for sins committed by us
What is the prayer starting with 'Kar charan kritimva'?
Which step is associated with 'touch'
What is Gandham (applying sandalwood paste) followed by Haldi/Kumkum?
Ashtavakra defeats this person in a debate and teaches him a lesson to not kill people who lose in debates to him
Who is Bandi?
Ravana's wife
Who is Mandodari?
Bhima's son who is killed by Karna in the war at night using his divine astra and saving Arjuna
Who is Ghatotkatcha?
Meaning of Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya
What is 'Take us from darkness to light' in Sanskrit?