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Geography of Ganesha

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. How well do you know the geography of Ganesha?

This quiz takes you through the places where Ganesha was worshipped and celebrated. You will learn about the lands of the earliest Ganesha worship; Ganesha temples across the geography of India and outside; and unique practices in some Ganesha temples.

After you answer each question, you can read a snippet about the related place. At the end the quiz, you can retake it. You can also review all your answers and all the snippets. You will also see the source for these questions which will help you read further on Ganesha.

There are 21 questions in the quiz, symbolically representing the Patri Puja, where 21 types of leaves are offered in Ganapati Puja.

This picture is from the Mumbai Airport Museum

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Which coastal town has a legend of a twisted Linga that has a connection to Ganapati. The linga is rooted to the ground and was twisted when Ravana tried to retrieve it?

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In which Indian city would you find Ganesh Tok, a Ganesha temple on a hill top?

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The earliest archeological evidence resembling Ganapati comes from a plaque around 1200 to 1000 BC. It contains an elephant headed figure holding a sword and snake on one hand and a quill in another. Where was this found?

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Worship of this Ganesha atop a hilltop was stopped for a brief period in 2017 and then restored. What was the reason?

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Which great Saint of Maharashtra composed the famous bhajan to Ganpati, “sukhkarta, dukhharta”. He was a contemporary of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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In which part of India would you find this rock cut Ganpati?

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Like Char Dham, there are a group of Ganapati temples that form a circuit in Maharashtra. How many temples are there in this circuit?

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In which country outside India is this form of Ganesha, as an embracing couple, worshipped popularly?

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A temple in India offers a single modak weighing about 72 Kg to Ganpati once a year. Which temple is this?

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This important dynasty of India had Ganapati as the family deity. Which dynasty is this?

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This Ganapati temple is administered by the Madras regiment of the Indian Army. Which temple is this?

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This place in South India celebrates the spot where Vibishana gave a deity of Vishnu to Ganesha who put it down. It could not be lifted again. Which is this place?

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What is the significance of the Lenyadri Ganapati temple in Maharashtra?

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Which of the following started the popular Sarvajanik Ganapati, the worship and celebration of Ganapati in public places?

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This rock is the abode of Ganapati who, in local language, is known as Ganapti at the top. The rock itself is believed to be 3.8 billion years old. Where is this Ganapati temple?

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Where will you find the earliest reference to Ganapati as a word, even though it is not Ganesha it refers to?

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One of the earliest depictions of Ganapati (in 1st or 2nd century AD) is found in a decorative frieze around a Stupa. In which country would you find this?

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This Ganapati temple is housed within a national park and the entire family of Ganesha is worshipped here. Which national park is it in?

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In Sringeri in Karnataka, Ganapati is worshipped in a unique form. Which form is it?

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In which of the following countries is Ganesh Chaturthi a national holiday?

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In which country outside India would you find this Ganesha deity at the edge of a volcano?

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