The Khajuraho Dance Festival, held every February before the Chandela temples, is in which district?
- A.Chhatarpur
- B.Panna
- C.Tikamgarh
- D.Sagar
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Chhatarpur. Khajuraho lies in Chhatarpur district of the Bundelkhand region, and the dance festival has been held there every February since 1975, with classical dance performed against the Chandela temples, themselves a World Heritage Site.
Option B is wrong because Panna, the neighbouring district, is known for its diamond mines and the Panna tiger reserve. Option C is wrong because Tikamgarh is the district of Orchha heritage in its wider region and of the Tikamgarh temples, not of Khajuraho. Option D is wrong because Sagar is a separate Bundelkhand district with its own lake and university. The Chandelas built both the Khajuraho temples and the forts of Kalinjar and Ajaigarh in this belt, so Chhatarpur is the district to fix with Khajuraho and with its February festival.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Kumbh Mela of Ujjain, known as the Simhastha, is held on the bank of which river?
- A.Narmada
- B.Shipra
- C.Betwa
- D.Chambal
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Ujjain stands on the Shipra, and the Simhastha bathing takes place at its ghats, chiefly Ram Ghat, with the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at the centre of the fair.
Read the full explanation →The Ujjain Kumbh is called the Simhastha because it is held when
- A.Jupiter enters Leo
- B.Jupiter enters Aquarius
- C.the Sun enters Capricorn
- D.the Moon enters Taurus
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Simha is the Sanskrit name of Leo, and the Ujjain fair takes its name from the entry of Jupiter into that sign, with the Sun in Aries; the combination falls in the month of Vaisakha, so the Ujjain Kumbh is a Vaisakha fair rather than a winter one.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat festival is celebrated chiefly by which community of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.The Gonds of the Mandla belt
- B.The Bhils and Bhilalas of the Jhabua belt
- C.The Baigas of the Dindori belt
- D.The Korkus of the Betul belt
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Bhagoria is the haat festival of the Bhil and Bhilala people of the western districts, above all Jhabua and Alirajpur, with Dhar, Barwani and Khargone joining in, and it is held in the weekly markets of the week before Holi.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat is held in the days immediately before which festival?
- A.Diwali
- B.Holi
- C.Nagpanchami
- D.Makar Sankranti
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Bhagoria runs through the weekly haats of the week before Holi, in the month of Phalguna, and closes on the day of Holi itself, so the festival is counted as the Bhil form of the spring festival rather than a separate date in the calendar.
Read the full explanation →Maha Shivratri is celebrated in the honour of the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of ________.
- A.Kartika
- B.Chaitra
- C.Phalguna
- D.Vaishakha
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Maha Shivratri falls on the Chaturdashi of the dark half of Phalguna, in February or March. In Madhya Pradesh it is the largest single fair day of the year: it fills the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at Ujjain, the Bhojeshwar temple at Bhojpur in Raisen district and the Shiva shrines of Pachmarhi.
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