The Jasnathi sect, whose followers are known for the fire dance performed on burning coals, has its centre at
- A.Katariyasar in Bikaner district
- B.Naraina in Jaipur district
- C.Shahpura in Bhilwara district
- D.Gadha near Didwana
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Explanation
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 Rajasthani folk culture. Option B is wrong because Naraina in Jaipur district is the Dadudwara, the seat of Dadu Dayal and of the Dadu panth. Option C is wrong because Shahpura in Bhilwara district is the seat of the Ramsnehi sect founded by Swami Ramcharan. Option D is wrong because Gadha near Didwana belongs to Sant Haridas and the Nirinjani sect. Learn the four seats as a block, since a single matching question usually carries all of them, and add Mukam for the Bishnois to complete the set.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich folk deity of Rajasthan, worshipped as the protector of camels, is associated with the village of Kolu?
- A.Pabuji
- B.Tejaji
- C.Gogaji
- D.Devnarayanji
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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.
Read the full explanation →Gogamedi, the main shrine of the snake deity Gogaji, is situated in which district of Rajasthan?
- A.Churu
- B.Hanumangarh
- C.Bikaner
- D.Nagaur
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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.
Read the full explanation →The famous fair of Baba Ramdevji is held at Ramdevra, also known as Runicha, in which district?
- A.Barmer
- B.Jodhpur
- C.Jaisalmer
- D.Bikaner
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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.
Read the full explanation →Which folk deity of Rajasthan, born at Kharnal in Nagaur district, is worshipped as a protection against snakebite?
- A.Tejaji
- B.Mallinath
- C.Harbhuji
- D.Mehaji Mangaliya
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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.
Read the full explanation →The phad of which folk deity is the longest painted scroll of Rajasthan?
- A.Pabuji
- B.Devnarayanji
- C.Ramdevji
- D.Gogaji
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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.
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