Post-Break Review: Hinduism

This is a picture of

• Holi

• Diwali

This is a picture of

• Holi

• Diwali

Diwali is known as the festival of ________.

Holi is known as the festival of ________.

Diwali is celebrated in the _______.

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

• Winter

Holi is celebrated in the _______.

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

• Winter

Which holiday involves celebrating Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity?

• Holi

• Diwali

Answer explanation

On the first day of Diwali, people light small oil lamps known as ‘diyas’ (dee-yuhz) in honor of Lakshmi.

On the fourth day of Diwali, some folks in Northern India build small piles of _______, which represent the mountain that Krishna lifted in order to defeat the king of the Hindu gods.

• candles

• cow dung

• water balloons

• bread

Answer explanation

For more on this story!

https://dharmicverses.com/the-story-of-shri-krishna-lifting-govardhan-parvat/

Both Holi and Diwali are celebrated...

• In different ways depending on the region

• In the springtime

• Only by Hindus

• Over a five day period

Match the following

• Varanasi

• The population is 0.5% Hindu here

• Indus River Valley

• Hindus make pilgrimages here to bathe in the Ganges

• Nepal

• Hindu practices originated here

• United States

• Country in which the majority of the population is Hindu