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Refresher – 2022

This is a refresher quiz from the Devalaya course. It has 15 questions out of about 265 questions from the topics covered. These are randomly picked. Each time you attempt the quiz, the questions will change. You can take this quiz as many times as you want.
This quiz is for people who attended Devalaya course. So I please request you not to forward the link outside the Vibhu Academy group.
The questions may appear a bit cryptic as a lot of time has lapsed since we attended the course. However, the explanations will trigger your memory.
The picture above is the oldest archaeological evidence for a Devalaya in India. This is in Baghor in Madhya Pradesh. A team of Indian and international archaeologists unearthed this site. The same form of worship is practiced even today in the region – worship of stone with concentric triangles among a heap of stone. The site is dated to 9000 BCE making it a 11000 year old form of worship.  

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The main Vigraha, as per Vastu Purusha concept represents the presence of which Devata?

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Karana scupltures are found in five temples of Tamil Nadu. Which among these temples is not one of the five.

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Where can you find the earliest reference to Temples?

4 / 15

Abhicara murtis are installed to

5 / 15

Which temple is this?

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Which of the following States does not have a Jyotirling

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Which component of Devaalaya is prominent in this picture

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A secular state should not try to make men moral through …………………  P.V. Kane uttered these words.
What did he say should not be the instrument to make men moral?

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Sodasopacara Puja involves how many activities?

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Which of the following is not a puranic conception of the origin of temples

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Which component of Devaalaya is this?

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Why is a Stupa called Dhatu Garba

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Which of the following texts don’t belong to the transition period of civilisation from nomadic to settled life

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What does the term Rekha in Rekha Nagara style of architecture refer to

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How many of the recovered deities have been returned to temples where they belong?

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