Rajasthan Quiz: Folk Deities and Saints of Rajasthan

Pabuji was a Rathore hero of Kolu in the Jodhpur country who, in the folk account, died while defending the cows of Deval, a Charan woman, and he is worshipped above all by camel herders, who bring sick animals to his shrine.

Gogamedi lies in Nohar tehsil of Hanumangarh district, and the fair held there on Goga Navami in the month of Bhadrapada is one of the largest in northern Rajasthan, drawing both Hindu and Muslim worshippers, who call the deity Jahar Peer.

Ramdevra, the old Runicha, lies in Pokhran tehsil of Jaisalmer district, and the fair that begins on the second day of the bright half of Bhadrapada brings pilgrims of every caste and of both religions, many walking for days with flags.

People bitten by snakes are still brought to his shrines, his thread is tied by farmers, and the great Parbatsar cattle fair of Nagaur district is held in his name.

The phad of Devnarayanji, the deity of the Gurjars whose shrine stands at Malaseri Dungri in Asind of Bhilwara district, is the longest of the painted scrolls, and it is sung by Gurjar bhopas to the stringed jantar.

Jambhoji, born at Pipasar in Nagaur district, laid down this code, among whose rules are the bans on cutting green trees and on killing animals, and the sect has its main seat at Mukam near Nokha in Bikaner district.

The correct answer is A, Katariyasar in Bikaner district, the seat of the sect founded by Jasnathji, whose followers, the Siddhs, perform the agni nritya or fire dance on a bed of live coals to the beat of the drum, a performance that has become one of the signatures of…

The Urs, which marks the anniversary of a saint's death, understood as his union with God, is held at Ajmer every year in the month of Rajab and draws pilgrims of every faith.

Deshnoke stands on the Bikaner to Nagaur road in Bikaner district, and the temple of Karni Mata there is known across the world for the thousands of rats, called kabas, that live in it and are fed by the worshippers.

Born at Kudki in the Merta country of the Rathores and married to a prince of Mewar, she turned away from the life of the palace to the worship of Krishna, whom she called Giridhar Gopal, kept the company of wandering saints against the wishes of her husband's family, and…