1. If India celebrates Diwali (or Deepawli) which country celebrates the Lantern Festival as the festival of lights? 2. According to Hindu mythology, on whose home-coming from 14 years of exile is Deepawli celebrated? 3. Deepawli is known as Tihar in which SAARC nation? 4. Goddess Lakshmi is generally worshiped during Deepawli. However in Eastern and North-Eastern India, which goddess is worshiped? 5. In which country the festival of lights is known as ‘Lam Kriyongh’ and is celebrated during October-November?6. What is the first day of Deepawli called? 7. Whose puppets are burned alongside Ravana during Dussehra? 8. Which famous Bollywood movie by Prakash Mehra of yesteryears is based on a plot at the Diwali night where the hero’s parents are murdered in front of his eyes, thus making him the ‘angry young man’? 9. What does the word ‘Garba’, the popular Gujarati dance performed during Deepawli mean in Sanskrit? 10. According to myth, which sweet is primarily offered during Deepawli to Goddess Lakshmi?  Answers to Deepavali Quiz: 1. China 2. Lord Rama 3. Nepal 4. Goddess Kali 5. Thailand 6. Dhanteras 7. Kumbhakarna (his brother) and Meghnad (his son) 8. Zanzeer (Amitabh Bachhan) 9. Light 10. Kaju Katli (Almond sweet)  Author: Geetanav Ojha   … [Read more...]