Insights Static Quiz -394, 2019–Art and Culture

Solution: a)

Rath Yatra – This is one of the biggest festivals of the state of Odisha. The Rath Yatra or the Chariot festival of Lord Jagannath takes place once in a year in the holy town of Puri.

Paryushana – The annual festival of Jains is called Paryushana. It is celebrated for eight days in the month of Bhadrapada (August/September) by the Svetambara sect. The Digambara sect celebrates the festival for ten days.

Losar – It is one of the main festivals celebrated across Arunachal Pradesh as it marks the Tibetan New year that resonated with the large Tibetan and Buddhist communities that inhabit the region.

Cheti Chand – This is the occasion of Sindhi New Year and it is celebrated all around the world. It is celebrated on the first day of Chaitra. Cheti Chand is celebrated in honour of the birth of Jhulelal, the patron saint of the Sindhis.

Solution: d)

The path to salvation lay in meditation on the formless Ultimate Reality and the realisation of oneness with it.

To achieve this, they advocated intense training of the mind and body through practices like yogasanas, breathing exercises and meditation.

Solution: d)

Other components include Praṇayama, Pratyahara, Dharaṇa, Dhyana and Samadhi.

• These are a part of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali which was the most translated ancient Indian text in the medieval era, having been translated into about forty Indian languages and two non-Indian languages: Old Javanese and Arabic.

Solution: a)

The Rajasthani collection, Kabir Granthavali is part of the larger collection – Pancvani (words of the five), which includes sayings of five saints exalted by the Dadu Panth of Dadu Dayal (Kabir’s illustrious disciple).

The Bijak, which is the scripture of the Kabir Panth, contains works attributed to Kabir only. The dates of origin of the Pancvani/ and the Bijak are uncertain but both can be assumed to have taken shape in the seventeenth century, rather later than the Adi Granth.

Solution: d)

• Kashmir’s Gulraj is usually a folklore
• Rajasthani folksong Mand and Bhatiali of Bengal are popular all over India.