Gita Jayanti Quiz
Today (Dec 1, 2025) is Gita Jayanti. Many scholars say that Gita is the most beautiful philosophy of the entire world. In this quiz, we take you through select slokas of the Gita.
Session 8, Bharata is born
This quiz is based on the eighth class on Mahabharata by Acharya Suryapriya ji at Advaita Bharati.
Shakuntala is born to Menaka. Bharata is born to Shakuntala and Dushyanta. Shakuntala reaches Dushyanta’s court and after divine intervention, Dushyanta accepts Shakuntala and Bharata,
Session 7, Vaisampayana starts the narration
This quiz is based on the seventh class on Mahabharata by Acharya Suryapriya ji at Advaita Bharati.
Vaisampayana starts the narration of Mahabharata with a summary. Janamejaya requests Vaisampayana for the full narration. Vaisampayana starts the narration with the description of the greatness of Mahabharata and Ved Vyasa.
Lesson 6 – Astika completes his duty
Parikshit is eventually bitten to death by Takshaka. Janamejaya starts and Sarpa Satra Yajna. As pre-ordained, Astika appears at the Yajna and stops it.
The Great Gurus Quiz
The ten Gurus of Sikhism are crown jewels of India’s spiritual tradition. On the occasion of Gurpurab, let us explore their inspiring lives. This quiz is drawn from our earlier quizzes on the same subject.
Lesson 5 – Garuda is freed but Parikshit is cursed
Garuda successfully gets hold of Amrut and frees his mother and himself from slavery to snakes. On the other hand, Parikshit Maharaja is cursed to death through snake-bite.
Karnataka Day Quiz – II
On Karnataka day, let’s unravel some of the mysteries of ‘A Forgotten Empire,’ as Vijayanagara is described by the historian Robert Sewell. Vijayanagara Empire rose on the ashes of the ancient southern kingdoms destroyed by the Delhi Sultans. The empire dominated the geography and culture of South India for two centuries.
Karnataka Day Quiz
On Karnataka day, let’s unravel some of the mysteries of ‘A Forgotten Empire,’ as Vijayanagara is described by the historian Robert Sewell. Vijayanagara Empire rose on the ashes of the ancient southern kingdoms destroyed by the Delhi Sultans. The empire dominated the geography and culture of South India for two centuries.
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ರಸಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸುಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರ ರಾಬರ್ಟ್ ಸ್ವೆಲ್ ,’ ವಿಸ್ಮೃತ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ’ ವೆಂದು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವ ಭವ್ಯ ವಿಜಯನಗರದ ರಹಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳೋಣ. ದೆಹಲಿ ಸುಲ್ತಾನ ಶಾಹಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ನಶಿಸಿಹೋದ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿಜಯನಗರವು ತಲೆಯೆತ್ತಿತು. ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಎರಡು ಶತಮಾನಗಳ ಕಾಲ ದಕ್ಷಿಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಬಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸಿ, ಸನಾತನ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಿ, ಅರಳಿಸಿ, ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣೀಭೂತವಾಯಿತು
The Grand Kalidasa Quiz
Kalidas is India’s greatest writer and poet. On Kalidasa’s birth anniversary (Jayanti), let us examine his compositions and delve into stories about his life, in this short quiz.