Quiz conducted at IISER

1. Mythology Connect
•10 marks for individual identification.
•For overall connect , marks are given
on slide.

2. Id X. (40/-15)
• In a incident when Rama and Lakshmana were captured by
the rakshasa Mahiravana and Ahiravan, brother of Ravana,
who held them captive in their palace in Patala.
Mahiravana keeps them as offerings to his deity. Searching
for them, X reaches Patala, the gates of which are guarded
by a young creature called Makardhwaja (known also as
Makar-Dhwaja or Magar Dhwaja).
• The story of Makardhwaja's birth is said to be that when X
extinguished his burning tail in the ocean, a drop of his
sweat fell into the waters, eventually becoming
Makardhwaja, who perceives X as his father. When X
introduces himself to Makardhwaja, the latter asks his
blessings. X enters Patala and then rescues Rama and
Lakshmana.

4. Hanuman

5. Name X. (35/-15)
• X was a benevolent Asura King, and the
grandson of Prahlada in Indian scriptures. The
festival of Onam, celebrated by the people of
Kerala, commemorates his yearly
homecoming after being sent down to the
underworld Sutala by Vamana, a dwarf and
the fifth incarnation avatar of Vishnu.

6. Mahabali is also known as Bali or
Māveli

7. Name X.(30/-20)
• In Brahm Avtar composition present in Dasam Granth,
Second Scripture of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh
mentioned X as avtar of Brahma. He is considered as
fifth incarnation of Brahma.
• But according to Hindu beliefs, X is an avatar of the god
Vishnu.
• X lived around the 3rd millennium BCE. He was
grandfather to the Kauravas and Pandavas. Their
fathers, Dhritarashtra and Pandu, the sons of
Vichitravirya by the royal family, were fathered by him.
He had a third son, Vidura, by a serving maid
Parishrami.

9. Vyasa

10. Name X.(25/-25)
• He was the son of Shardwan and Janapadi,born in a particularly
extraordinary manner. He along with his sister were adopted by
King Shantanu. He taught Kauravas and Pandavas siblings for
many years, before Dronacharya was appointed for further
education by Bhishma.
•In Udyoga Parva of Mahabarath, Bhishma declared him as a
mighty Maharathi, or a warrior capable of fighting 60,000
warriors simultaneously; circumspect in his mastery of all forms
of weapons and combat skills. Name this mighty warrior.

12. Kripa , also known as Kripacharya or
Krupacharya

13. Id. X.(20/-30)
• In some period of history Sinhala people have considered X
as one of the Four Heavenly Kings .This belief was more
prominent in the Kotte period. According to the Ravana
Katha of Wickramasinghe Adigar, after the defeat of
Ravana, X transferred the Yaksha capital from
Alakamandawa to Kelaniya. In the 15th century poem of
Totagamuwe Sri Rahula, the sælalihini sandesaya, the Myna
is ordered to carry the missive to X at his temple in
Kelaniya. After the 16th century he was replaced as a God
of the four warrants by the goddess Pattini. He continues to
be worshipped by a diminishing number of adherents,
mainly in the Kelaniya area.
• X was the youngest son of Sage Vishrava, who was the son
of Sage Pulatsya, one of the Heavenly Guardians.

15. Vibhishana

16. Id . The great warrior.(15/-30)
• He is the son of Renuka and the saptarishi
Jamadagni. He played important roles in the
Mahabharata and Ramayana, serving as mentor
to Bhishma, Karna and Drona. He also fought
back the advancing seas to save the lands of
Konkan and Kerala.
• He is worshipped as mool purush, or founder, of
the Niyogi Bhumihar Brahmin, Chitpavan,
Daivadnya, Mohyal, Tyagi, Anavil and Nambudiri
Brahmin communities.

18. Parashurama

19. Id. X.(10/0)
• X is the avatar of one of the eleven Rudras . X
was born with a gem in his forehead which
gives him power over all living beings lower
than humans. This gem is supposed to protect
him from attacks by ghosts, demons,
poisonous insects, snakes, animals etc.
Dronacharya loved him very dearly. The
rumours about his death in the Kurukshetra
war led to the death of Drona at the hands of
Prince Dhrishtadyumna.

21. Ashwatthama

23. Chiranjivis
The extant Puranas, the Ramayana, and the
Mahabharata describe seven long lived
personalities in the Hindu pantheon.
"Ashwatthama Balir Vyaso Hanumanash cha
Vibhishana Krupacharya cha Parashuramam
Saptaita Chiranjeevanam" - 'Ashwathama,
King Mahabali, Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishana,
Kripacharya and Parashurama are the seven
death-defying or imperishable personalities '.