Himachal G.K. Quiz: Day 114

ANSWER – D

• Chrewal fair is also known as ‘Prithvi pooja’.
• Chrewal is celebrated on the first of Bhadon (middle of August).
• In Kullu, Chrewal is known by the name of Bhadranjo and in Chamba it is called Pathroru.

ANSWER – C

On the second Sunday of the month of Shravan

ANSWER – C

ANSWER – C

Gaddis of Kangra, Chamba, Mandi and Kullu celebrate Nawala festival, in which a household individually collects enough money for celebration. Nawala, in fact, is a thanks giving ceremony to Lord Shiva.

ANSWER – B

• Halda is celebrated by the people of Chandra and Bhaga valley in the month of December or January in Lahaul Spiti. The festival is of the importance of Diwali for the local people but with no lamps.
• Gochi festival is celebrated jointly by all the families, where male child was born in the preceding year, in keylong.
• Phulech fair is celebrated in the month of Bhadon or in the beginning of Asauj only in Kinnaur.

ANSWER – C

Bhunda, Shant and Bhoj: These festivals are celebrated like the Kumbha Mela after every twelve years or when enough money has been saved. Bhunda festival is connected with ‘Parshuram‘, but some connect it with the cult of ‘Kali the goddess’. This festival is celebrated in upper Shimla Hills, Kullu and Mandi.

ANSWER – D

• The word “minjar” originated from the Sanskrit word “manjari”, which means shoots of corn.
• A procession starts from “Akhand Chandi” and terminates at the banks of river Ravi.
• The present form of fair was first started by Raja Sahil Varman, who ruled Chamba in the 10th century.
• It is believed to be also celebrated in the commemoration of the victory of the Raja Partap Varman of Chamba over the ruler of Trigarta in 935 AD.

ANSWER – C

• Sissue fair is celebrated by the Buddhists all over the Himalayas.
• Main attraction is the masked dance but because of monastic rituals it is always staged inside the monastery on the attached courtyard at Sissur Gompa in June.
• It is held in July at Gemur Gompa and in the month of August in Mani Gompa.

ANSWER – C

• Nalwar Fair is famous for the trading of cattle besides its religious and cultural importance.
• The idea of the fair was conceived by W.Goldstein, the Superintendent of Shimla hill states in 1889. The idea was motivated by the shortage of the good breed cattle, especially bullocks.

ANSWER – D

• Shivratri owes its origin to the birth of the present Mandi town built by king Ajbar Sen in 1526.
• Shivratri was declared first as a state fair and then elevated to international status.
• Surya Sen installed a silver image of Madho Rai and vested all powers to him.

ANSWER – C

PATHER-KA-KHEL FAIR is celebrates in District Shimla at village Halog, the month of October and November. In this fair, people divide themselves into two parties and each throws stones on one another.

ANSWER – C

SUI FAIR is celebrated in Chamba town in the month of April. This fair is exclusively for women and children. There is a temple of ‘Naina Devi’, where women gather and worship the Devi. This temple is on ‘Shahmadar hill’, at the back of Chamba town.

ANSWER – C

• Skodi fair is held in Dohg village near Jogindernagar in the honour of a woman who performed sati.
• Panch Bhisham festival is held at Jayanti Mata temple in Kangra.
• In Purag Fair of Kothkhai, Mahadev devta is carried in Kamahli to Giri river for bathing ceremony

ANSWER – D

• Dussehra is an international fair declared in 1972.
• The famous idol of Raghunath Ji which is carried from its fixed place in Dhaulapur Maidan to another place across the ‘Maidan’.
• This idol of Raghunath Ji was brought from Ayodhya in July 1651 A.D. by Damodar Das and it was installed by Raja Jagat Singh.
• Baijnath town never celebrates dussehra.

ANSWER – D

• This fair is celebrated in the month of November for 6 days. It starts after 10 days of Diwali.
• It was declared international fair in October 2011