Core Beliefs
What word means your actions and their results?
What is karma?
What country is the birthplace of Hinduism?
What is India?
What is the name for a Hindu place of worship?
What is a mandir?
What festival is known as the Festival of Lights?
What is Diwali?
What word means doing your duty or doing what’s right?
What is dharma?
What river is considered the holiest in Hinduism?
What is the Ganga (Ganges)?
What is one thing most Hindus avoid eating?
What is beef?
During Holi, what do people throw to celebrate?
What is colored powder?
What is freedom from the cycle of life and death called?
What is moksha?
What state is the largest Hindu temple in the United States located in?
What is New Jersey?
What do many Hindus take off before entering a temple?
What are shoes?
What type of food is often eaten as a religious offering or “prasad”?
What are sweets?
What is the cycle of birth and rebirth called?
What is samsara?
What mountain range in northern India and southern Nepal is known as the “abode of the gods”?
What are the Himalayas?
What do people ring when entering and/or leaving a Hindu temple?
What is a bell?
What is the traditional mark worn on the forehead called?
What is a bindi (or tilak)?
How does one achieve moksha?
What is performing your duty without attachment to the result (or karma yoga)?
What country has the highest percentage of its population that’s Hindu?
What is Nepal?
What is one way Hinduism has influenced Western exercise/wellness?
What is yoga (or meditation)?
What greeting means “I bow to the divine in you”?
What is Namaste?