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Blue girl that plays flute
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Krishna
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Lots of hands and blue
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Kali
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Avatar of vishnu
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Krishna
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The Dark One, Consort of Shiva
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Kali
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Elephant face
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Ganesh
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The Elephant God, son of Shiva and Parvati
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Ganesh
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Blue flute player is hugging girl in red
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Krishna and Radha
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Krishna's beloved
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Radha
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blue person lying down with girl in red
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Vishnu and Lakshmi
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Goddess of wealth
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Lakshmi
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The Preserver and Protector God
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Vishnu
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has many avatars
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Vishnu
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The monkey god
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Hanuman
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Helped rama and Sita
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Hanuman
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Goddess of the arts and knowledge
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Sarasvati
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consort of brahma. holds guitar thingy in pic
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Sarasvati
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many faced Creator God
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Brahma
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The goddes of the Ganges River
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Ganga
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Pic: rides a tiger. The invincible Demon Fighting Goddess
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Durga
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Dancing Shiva: The Destroyer God
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Nataraj Shiva
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What word means peace?
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Ahisma
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What is a bindhi?
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Red thing on top of head
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What is an avatar?
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An incarnation of a deity
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This ancient deity is associated with fire:
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Agni
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This means liberation, is the ultimate goal of Hinduism
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Moksha
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Hindu term for duty
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Dharma
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During festival of holy hindus use what?
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Bong
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This deity used her tong to catch blood:
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kali
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Rhama enlisted monkey god Hanumah to rescue his:
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wife
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Hindu marriage does not rely on:
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Mutual consent
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First word said by bramah
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om
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Considered holiest city
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Varanasi
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Gandhi called the untouchables:
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Harijans
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Basically means get what you deserve:
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Kharma
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First word said by bramah
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om
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Considered holiest city
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Varanasi
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Yoga literally means:
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Union
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Gandhi called the untouchables:
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Harijans
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Basically means get what you deserve:
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Kharma
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Yoga literally means:
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Union
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Refers to worship through dancing and stuff:
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Kirtan
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Followers of Vishnu
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Vishnevites
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This deity spoke to arshna:
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Krishna
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This term is hindu worship of their gods:
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puja
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Religious community is called:
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Ashram
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The one absolute reality is:
While the inner sould reality is: |
Bramah
Atman |
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Sacred text that talked about inner-self
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Upanishads
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The hindu upanayana is known as:
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Sacred Threads
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Europeans in 19th century were repulsed by this practice:
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suttee
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Ganges river question answer is:
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E all of the above
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Shiavite worship:
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lingam/yoni
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Offering food to gods during puja is called:
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Krutan
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Earliest sacred scripture:
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vedas
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The popular bahagavad-gita is part of a longer thingy:
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Mahabharata
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cycle of life and death and reincarnation
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Sumsara
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fire to gods:
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Arati
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What are the 4 groups of the caste system:
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Priest, soldier, merchants, servants
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what are the 3 paths of Hinduism
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Knowledge, action, devotion
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steps down to ganges
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Ghats
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Worshiper of Vishnu
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Tilak
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