Bhakti Tradition Quiz

Who were the best known among the Nayanars?

• Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar and Manikkavasagar

• Periyalvar, Andal, Tondaradippodi Alvar and Nammalvar

• Potters, untouchable workers, peasants, hunters, soldiers, Brahmanas and chiefs

• Chola and Pandya kings

How many Alvars were there?

• 63

• 12

• 4

• 10

What were the compilations of the songs of Nayanars?

• Tevaram and Tiruvacakam

• Divya Prabandham

• Hagiographies

• Chola and Pandya kings

What were the compilations of the songs of Alvars?

• Tevaram and Tiruvacakam

• Divya Prabandham

• Hagiographies

• Chola and Pandya kings

What did the Chola and Pandya kings build around the shrines visited by the saint-poets?

• Elaborate temples

• Hagiographies

• Tevaram and Tiruvacakam

• Divya Prabandham

What were the hagiographies composed of?

• Songs of the Nayanars

• Songs of the Alvars

• Religious biographies of the Alvars and Nayanars

• Elaborate temples

What did the poet describe his relationship with the deity as?

• A temple of gold

• A vile body of flesh

• Sorrow and birth and death and illusion

• O Bliss! O Light!

What did the deity take from the poet?

• Sorrow and birth and death and illusion

• A vile body of flesh

• A temple of gold

• O Bliss! O Light!

Where did the poet take refuge?

• A temple of gold

• A vile body of flesh

• Sorrow and birth and death and illusion

• The deity

Can the poet be parted from the deity?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Not mentioned