Indian Culture GK Quiz

Perumanoor Gopinathan Pillai (Guru Gopinath) was a well-known actor-cum-dancer. He was one of the greatest masters and performers of Kathakali.

Tripitaka is a traditional term used for various Buddhist scriptures. The three pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The Upanishads are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hindu philosophy which form the foundations of Hinduism. Angas are 45 sacred Jain texts based on the tirthankara's discourse. The Aranyakas are part of the ancient Indian Vedas.

'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.

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.

Amir Khusrow was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. Khusrau is credited for the invention of the sitar.

Mayurbhanj is located in the northern part of Odisha, is famous for its Chhau dance. Chhau dance is a semi-classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk traditions, with origins in the East Indian region, and panned out to its variants in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha.

'Suisini' dance form was introduced by the Bhil tribe, and later adopted by the royal communities of Rajasthan including Rajputs. The Rouf is a folk dance which originated in the Muslim community of Kashmir. Jhora dance belongs to the state of Uttarakhand and Himachal. Veedhi-Bhagavatam is a famous dance form of Andhra Pradesh.

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.

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.