CULTURAL QA 01-2024-23 All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 25-01-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted by R. Gopalakrishnan, on 25-01-2024 Q1 Whatis the funniest joke you've been told that you still think about to this day? A1 PeterWheeler, Mon After a long life ofservice to his flock, Father Murphy passed away. St. Peter meets him at The PearlyGates and looks up the record of his life in his book. “Father! You’ve led amost wonderful life serving the Church and your parish, spreading God’s wordand love to everyone you met. I’m very impressed. As a reward for your years offaithful service, God has said that I can grant you one request.” Father Murphy thinks for a moment before answering. “St.Peter, I’ve long wished that Icould read the original writings of the Bible as they were set down by theApostles. It is well known that the Good Book has changed over themillennia, as language and beliefs have changed, and I would really like to seehow things have changed. Would I be able to do that?” “Of course,” St. Peter replied.“Follow me.” St. Peter then led Father Murphy down a corridor where heopened a large door to a room filled with books. “This is the Great Library,where we keep all the original texts. Feel free to read it all.” He then left to resume his duties atThe Gates. A few hours later, St. Peter heard a blood curdlingscream coming from the library, and ran to investigate. “Father!” Heexclaimed. “What’s wrong?” “It says CELEBRATE! There’s an “R”!!!” Q2 Whydid Draupadi ridicule Duryodhana? Is it right to insult someone based on theirfamily background? A2 GokulRenjith, Lives in India (1999–present)2h Nothing like this happened. Draupadi never ridiculed Duryodhana. She was not even present in the scene. On seeing him fall into the water, the servants laughed outin delight and on the instructions of the king, gave him fresh clothes. Onseeing him in that fashion, the immensely strong Bhimasena, and Arjuna and thetwins, all burst out in laughter. Since he was incapable of bearing insults, hecould not tolerate this. To save his face, he did not even look at them. Heagain drew up his clothes to ascend firm land and all the people again laughedout aloud. 268(43), Dyuta Parva,Mahabharata. When Duryodhana fell into the lake, Bhima, Arjuna,Nakula, Sahadeva and the servants laughed at this. This is a very natural reaction.Nobody made any insulting comments about Duryodhana. Draupadi is not mentionedat all. 2. Later Duryodhana lies to Dhritarashtra that Draupadilaughed at him. On seeing the place full of lotuses, I took it to be water.On seeing me draw up my clothes, Vrikodara laughed at me. He thought me to bedevoid of riches and deluded by the superior wealth of the enemy. O descendantof the Bharata lineage! Had I possessed the ability, I would have killedVrikodara there. The derision of a rival burns me. O lord of men! I again saw a similar pond full of lotuses. Thinking it to be made out ofcrystal, I fell into the water. At this, Krishna and Partha laughed out loudlyat me, and so did Droupadi and the other women.271(46),Dyuta Parva, Mahabharata. 3. How do we know that Duryodhana is lying ? It's becausehe also says that Lord Krishna laughed at him. However lord Krishna had already returned to Dwarakabefore the incident happened - Keshava then bade farewell to Subhadra and Droupadi. Then,accompanied by Yudhishthira, he came out of the inner quarters. O great king!After he had bathed and prayed and the brahmanas had blessed him, Daruka yokedthe beautifully constructed chariot that looked like a cloud and came. It hadthe great Garuda on the banner. The great-souled Pundariksha thencircumambulated it and ascending, departed for the city of Dvaravati. 267(42), Sishupala-badha Parva, Mahabharata. So Duryodhana is clearly exaggerating the incident byblaming people who were not even present in the scene. Neither Draupadinor Krishna was present during the incident. Q3 Why isthe statue of Lord Ram black in colour? A3 AkhandPratap Singh,Be true to Yourself Mon The statue of Shri RAM is black in colour because of twoReasons: 1- He has beendepicted Shyam in colour in various religious texts. Maharshi Valmiki has also depictedhim as Shyam. Inone of the paragraphs when the trio of Ramji, Sitaji and Laxman Ji werecrossing a jungle, Advasis of that jungle asked Sita Ji, whoamong the both is your husband, she replied the one who isShyam in colour is my husband, because in our Hindutradition, we don’t take name of our husband. Also the statue is made up of very special Blackstone knownas Krishna Shila, which is a three-billion-year-old rock found in South India. 2- Also , there is ascientific reason that the statue is black or made from Krishna Shila and in our Hindu religion we worshipGod with water, flowers, Chandan, Milk, Roli and we wanted this statue to lastfor thousands of years, so other stones may get degraded quickly overthe time but this will last longer. Jai Sri Ram. Q4 Whatis your most loved joke ever? Even if you remember it now, you can't controlyour laughing. A4 JohnLeatherman, Sun Three guys show up at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asks themhow they died. The first guy says, “Icam home and found some guy robbing my apartment. I chased him onto the balcony,where I see two hands gripping the railing. He thinks he can hide from me byhanging over the edge. So Ipicked up this refrigerator I keep on the balcony and dropped it on him.But it was way heavier than I thought it would be, so I got a heart attackfrom the exertion and died.” The second guy says, “I was doing a trampoline workout on mybalcony and bounced over the railing. As I fell, I grabbed therailing of the balcony below. Then this refrigerator fell on me, and I died.” The third guy says, “I’ve got no idea how I died. Last thing I remember was hiding in this refrigerator…” My note- I am not able tocontrol my laugh Q5 Who isthe richest donor of Ayodhya Ram Mandir? A5 Rathi S, Iam interested in reading and writing.23h There are many but..Dilip Kumar V Lakhi and his family, prominent diamond merchants fromSurat, stand out as major contributors. Their extraordinary gesture involves a donation of 101 kg of gold, a grand contributionvalued at approximately 68 crore rupees. This gold will be used to adornthe doors, sanctum sanctorum, trishul, damaru, and pillars of the Ram Mandir,adding a nice touch to the sacred structure. In the current market, the price of gold is around 68,000rupees per 10 grams. Consequently, the total value of the Lakhi family'sdonation of 101 kgs of gold reaches an impressive 68 crores. This substantialoffering marks the most significant donation to the Ram Mandir Besides catching the eyeballs of millions across the countryand around the world as well, the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is also receiving lots of donations,which have totaled to more than Rs 5,500 crore already. In fact, the donationsare doubling every two hours. Businessmen Who HaveDonated For The Ayodhya Temple 1. Mukesh Ambani & Family-Rs 2.51 Crore 2.Dilip Kumar V Lakhi-Rs 68 Crore 3. Mukesh Patel-Rs 11 Crore 4.Govindbhai Dholakia-Rs 11 Crore 5.Mahesh Kabutarwala - Rs 5 Crore 6.Lavji Badshah- Rs 1 Crore 7. WS Habib: Rs 1 Lakh 8.Aditya Mittal-Rs 25 Lakh Muslim businessman from Chennai donates ₹1 lakh forAyodhya Ram Temple.‘I want to foster communal amity between Muslims and Hindu’,says W.S. Habib UP man sold his land to donate Rs 1 crore for theconstruction of the Sri Ram temple in Ayodhya A diamond merchant from Surat has donated a crown worth ₹11crore for Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir. The crown weighing 6 kg is made of 4.5 kg gold and studdedwith diamonds and precious stones. So on… MY note- I read elsewhere a retired IAS officer donated six cores, his full savings to Sri ram temple at Ayodhya. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/421012598.582308.1706187600430%40mail.yahoo.com.
