Indian Culture GK Quiz

Ben Kingsley, original name Krishna Bhanji, (born 1943, England, Gujarati father and British mother), British actor recognized for playing a wide range of roles, including that of the title character in Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award for best actor in 1983. Gandhi is a 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. A co-production between India and the United Kingdom, it is directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley.

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.

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Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana.

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.

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The contents of the Tripitaka, said to largely represent the words of the Buddha (born 6th–4th century BCE), were transmitted orally and first written down in Pali within the Theravadan communities of Sri Lanka, probably during the 1st century BCE.

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.

'Chikankari' is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow. It is one of Lucknow's best-known textile decoration styles.

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.