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Temples in India Quiz Question Answers

  1. Identify the temple in the above picture?
    A. Jagannath
    B. Viswanath
    C. Somnath
    D. Badrinath


  2. Where is Jagannath temple located?
    A. Tirumala
    B. Puri
    C. Varanasi
    D. Dwaraka

  3. The Shore temple at Mamallapuram was built by which dynasty?
    A. Chola
    B. Pallava
    C. Chalukya
    D. Pandya

  4. Where is the famous Brihadeeswara temple located?
    A. Kanchipuram
    B. Srisailam
    C. Thanjavur
    D. Tirumala
  5. Identify the temple in the above picture.
    A. Dilwara
    B. Khajuraho
    C. Ramalingeswara
    D. Lingaraj

  6. Where is Lingaraj temple located?
    A. Bhubaneswar
    B. Dakshinewar
    C. Ujjain
    D. Rameswaram

  7. Which of the following is one of the Jyotirlinga temples?
    A. Dakshineswar
    B. Mahakaleshwar
    C. Sri Kalahastishwar
    D. Arunachaleshwar

  8. Mahakaleshwar temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Mandakini
    B. Gomti
    C. Shipra
    D. Hemavati

  9. Khajuraho temples were built by the rulers of which dynasty?
    A. Pandya
    B. Somavamsi
    C. Ganga
    D. Chandela

  11. In which state Virupaksha temple is located?
    A. Karnataka
    B. Tamil Nadu
    C. Kerala
    D. Andhra Pradesh

  12. Where is the famous Natraj temple located?
    A. Srisailam
    B. Arunachalam
    C. Rameswaram
    D. Chidambaram


  13. Where is Mallikarjuna Swamy temple located?
    A. Srisailam
    B. Tirumala
    C. Amaravati
    D. Bhadrachalam

  14. In which state Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple is located?
    A. Andhra Pradesh
    B. Tamil Nadu
    C. Telangana
    D. Karnataka

  15. Vaishno Devi temple is located on which mountains?
    A. Meru
    B. Niladri
    C. Trikuta
    D. Anjanadri

  16. Where is the Atma Linga temple located?
    A. Kanchipuram
    B. Rameshwaram
    C. Sourashtra
    D. Gokarna

  17. Where is Kamakshi temple located?
    A. Madurai
    B. Udipi
    C. Kanchipuram
    D. Mysore

  18. In which state Kamakhya temple is located?
    A. Assam
    B. Odisha
    C. Sikkim
    D. West Bengal

  19. Where is Meenakshi temple located?
    A. Kanchipuram
    B. Madurai
    C. Visakhapatnam
    D. Mathura

  20. Meenakshi temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Tungabhadra
    B. Bhima
    C. Vaigai
    D. Penna

  21. Where are Dilwara temples located?
    A. Bhubaneswar
    B. Sanchi
    C. Visakhapatnam
    D. Mount Abu

  22. Which of the following is known as Harmandir Sahib?
    A. Mukteswar temple
    B. Golden temple
    C. Konark temple
    D. Sanchi stupa

  23. Where is Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple located?
    A. Chidambaram
    B. Haridwar
    C. Nasik
    D. Tirumala


  24. Where is Chamundeswari temple located?
    A. Katra
    B. Mysuru
    C. Guwahati
    D. Madurai

  25. Kedarnath temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Gangotri
    B. Bhagirathi
    C. Mandakini
    D. Gandak

  26. Badrinath temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Bhima
    B. Bhagirathi
    C. Ghagra
    D. Alakananda

  27. Where is Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple located?
    A. Udipi
    B. Srirangam
    C. Thiruvananthapuram
    D. Chidambaram

  28. Amarnath cave temple is located in which state?
    A. Uttar Pradesh
    B. Uttarakhand
    C. Himachal Pradesh
    D. Jammu and Kashmir

  29. Kanaka Durgamma temple is located in which state?
    A. Andhra Pradesh
    B. Tamil Nadu
    C. Karnataka
    D. Telangana

  30. Hidimba Devi temple is located in which place?
    A. Dharamshala
    B. Manali
    C. Shimla
    D. Dalhousie

  31. Sri Sita Rama Swamy temple is located in which state?
    A. Andhra Pradesh
    B. Karnataka
    C. Telangana
    D. Kerala

  32. In which state Shani Shingnapur temple is located?
    A.
  33. Sri Siddhivinayak temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Indravati
    B. Bhima
    C. Wardha
    D. Purna

  34. Dakshineshwar temple is dedicated to which god / goddess?
    A. Parvati
    B. Lalita
    C. Kamakshi
    D. Kali

  35. Sabarimalai temple is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Neyyar
    B. Kabini
    C. Pampa
    D. Periyar

  36. In which state Mahabodhi temple is located?
    A. Madhya Pradesh
    B. Uttarakhand
    C. Bihar
    D. Sikkim

  37. Where is Ramanatha Swamy temple located?
    A. Bhadrachalam
    B. Rameswaram
    C. Ayodhya
    D. Vontimitta


  38. Dwarakadheesh temple in Gujarat is located on the banks of which river?
    A. Son
    B. Ghagra
    C. Narmada
    D. Gomti

  39. Gomateshwara temple is located in which state?
    A. Karnataka
    B. Maharashtra
    C. Assam
    D. Goa

  40. Where is Bahai temple located?
    A. Agra
    B. New Delhi
    C. Lucknow
    D. Kolkata

  41. In which state Airavateswara temple located?
    A. Andhra Pradesh
    B. Arunachal Pradesh
    C. Tamil Nadu
    D. Manipur

  42. In which state Ramappa temple is located?
    A. Tamil Nadu
    B. Karnataka
    C. Andhra Pradesh
    D. Telangana
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