Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Famous Temples In India

Which Shiva-Parvati temple that was built between 1623 and 1655 AD on the southern banks of the Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu, and houses 33,000 sculptures, was nominated for the official list of “New Seven Wonders of the World”?

Please select 2 correct answers

Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

Srikalahasti Temple, Chittoor

Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

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Which Shiva temple—a perfect specimen of Dravidian Architecture—was built around 470 AD on the south bank of the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka, famous for its central pillared hall, the “Ranga Mandapa”, in its courtyard, added by king Krishadeva Raya in 1510 AD?

Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirupathi

Guruvayur Temple

Airavateswara Temple, Kumbakonam

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Which Vishnu temple—one of the world’s richest religious shrines, visited annually by 30-40 million devotees—is at a height of 853 meters, on the seventh of the seven divine hills Neeladri, Anjanadri, Garudadri, Seshadri, Vrishabhadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri/Venkatachala?

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

Srikalahasti Temple, Chittoor

Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirupathi

Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

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Which temple in Kerala—known as Bhuloka Vaikunta or “Holy Abode of Vishnu on Earth”, and as “Dwaraka of the South”—is famous for its Thulabharam, where devotees are weighed against bananas, sugar, jaggery, and coconuts equivalent to their weight?

Airavateswara Temple, Kumbakonam

Guruvayur Temple

Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum

Srikalahasti Temple, Chittoor

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Which temple in Tamil Nadu—part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Great Living Chola Temples” along with the Brihadeeswara Temples at Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram—is named after Indira’s white elephant, and is exclusively famous for its exquisite stone carvings?

Airavateswara Temple, Kumbakonam

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum

Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirupathi

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Which of the following are the capital cities of the Chalukya Dynasty (6th – 8th century AD) that form the cradle of Hindu rock-cut and temple architecture, whose famous specimens include the temples Mallikarjuna, Galagnatha, Durga, Ladkhan, Sangameshwara, and Kashi-Vishweshwara?

Harappa and Mohenjodaro

Dholavira and Kalibangan

Aihole and Pattadakal

Rakhigarhi and Lothal

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Which Shiva-Parvati temple in Andhra Pradesh, known as “Kailash of the South”, originally built by the Chola Dynasty during the 10th century AD and further endowed by Vijayanagara rulers, gets its name from being worshipped by a spider, serpent, and elephant?

Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

Srikalahasti Temple, Chittoor

Guruvayoor Temple

Airavateswara Temple, Kumbakonam

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Which Vishnu Temple in Kerala holds the Guinness Record for “World’s Richest Hindu Temple”, surpassing Tirupathi in 2011, after treasures hidden in its many sacred vaults—including what is allegedly the largest undiscovered treasure-find in history—was estimated at $1 trillion in all?

Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirupathi

Guruvayoor Temple

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum

Correct! Wrong!

Where is Tirupati Balaji (Tirumala Venkateswara Temple) present?

Chittor, Andhra Pradesh

Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Kolkata, West Bengal

Cuttack, Odisha

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Where is Bhimashankar Temple located?

Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Pune, Maharashtra

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Which Shiva-Parvati temple that was built between 1623 and 1655 AD on the southern banks of the Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu, and houses 33,000 sculptures, was nominated for the official list of “New Seven Wonders of the World”?

Which Shiva temple—a perfect specimen of Dravidian Architecture—was built around 470 AD on the south bank of the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka, famous for its central pillared hall, the “Ranga Mandapa”, in its courtyard, added by king Krishadeva Raya in 1510 AD?

Which Vishnu temple—one of the world’s richest religious shrines, visited annually by 30-40 million devotees—is at a height of 853 meters, on the seventh of the seven divine hills Neeladri, Anjanadri, Garudadri, Seshadri, Vrishabhadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri/Venkatachala?

Which temple in Kerala—known as Bhuloka Vaikunta or “Holy Abode of Vishnu on Earth”, and as “Dwaraka of the South”—is famous for its Thulabharam, where devotees are weighed against bananas, sugar, jaggery, and coconuts equivalent to their weight?

Which temple in Tamil Nadu—part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Great Living Chola Temples” along with the Brihadeeswara Temples at Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram—is named after Indira’s white elephant, and is exclusively famous for its exquisite stone carvings?

Which of the following are the capital cities of the Chalukya Dynasty (6th – 8th century AD) that form the cradle of Hindu rock-cut and temple architecture, whose famous specimens include the temples Mallikarjuna, Galagnatha, Durga, Ladkhan, Sangameshwara, and Kashi-Vishweshwara?

Which Shiva-Parvati temple in Andhra Pradesh, known as “Kailash of the South”, originally built by the Chola Dynasty during the 10th century AD and further endowed by Vijayanagara rulers, gets its name from being worshipped by a spider, serpent, and elephant?

Which Vishnu Temple in Kerala holds the Guinness Record for “World’s Richest Hindu Temple”, surpassing Tirupathi in 2011, after treasures hidden in its many sacred vaults—including what is allegedly the largest undiscovered treasure-find in history—was estimated at $1 trillion in all?

Where is Tirupati Balaji (Tirumala Venkateswara Temple) present?

Where is Bhimashankar Temple located?

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