Indian Culture GK Quiz

Amir Khusro was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He is credited for the invention of the sitar. He rechristened the 3 stringed Tritantri Veena which eventually became known as the sitar.

The Sabarimala Temple is a temple complex located at Sabarimala hill inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala.

The Rouf is a folk dance which originated in the Muslim community of the state of Kashmir in India. Jat-Jatin dance is the most popular folk dance of North Bihar. Ghumar is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. Kolattam is a popular dance in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

The sarod is a stringed instrument, used mainly in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. The conventional sarod is a 17 to 25-stringed lute-like instrument — four to five main strings used for playing the melody, one or two drone strings, two chikari strings and nine to eleven sympathetic strings.

The original name of Tansen was Ramtanu Pandey. He was a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music. He learned and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. Tansen was one of the nine gems (navratnas), a collection of the most talented intellectuals and artists in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical Sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. He was awarded India's second-highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan in 2001.

'Tabal Chongli' is a form of folk dance associated with Assam. Other popular folk dances of Assam are: Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai, etc.

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Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hinduism in particular and few Buddhist and Jain monuments with Artwork dating from the 600–1000 CE period.

Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926-2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha.