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How many Nayanars were there?Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of the Nayanars were compiled in the Tevaram and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Andal, one of the Alvars, was the daughter of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankara, born in Kerala in the eighth century, advocated the doctrine of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ramanuja, born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, propounded:Read the answer and worked solution →The Virashaiva movement in mid-twelfth-century Karnataka was initiated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Devotion to Vitthala at Pandharpur gave rise to which sect?Read the answer and worked solution →Chokhamela, the Maharashtra saint-poet, belonged to which caste considered untouchable?Read the answer and worked solution →Sufis trained the heart through zikr, which means:Read the answer and worked solution →A spiritual genealogy of Sufi teachers is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of the Chishti silsila was based at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sufi masters held their assemblies in hospices called:Read the answer and worked solution →Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas was written in:Read the answer and worked solution →Surdas, the devotee of Krishna, has compositions in the Sursagara, Surasaravali and:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankaradeva of Assam set up houses of recitation and prayer called:Read the answer and worked solution →Mirabai, the Rajput princess married into Mewar, became a disciple of:Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir was brought up in a family of Muslim julahas, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Baba Guru Nanak was born in 1469 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Guru Angad compiled Nanak's compositions in a new script called:Read the answer and worked solution →The compositions of the Gurus were compiled by Guru Arjan in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khalsa was instituted by Guru Gobind Singh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chishti SufisRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maharashtra saintsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Sikh history datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Sufi wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Bhakti or SufiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the saints by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Devotional paths bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata in its present form runs to over how many verses?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many Nayanars were there?

  1. 108
  2. 63
  3. 12
  4. 24
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Correct answer: B. 63

1. They included potters, peasants, hunters and Brahmanas. 2. There were 63 Nayanars. 3. There were 12 Alvars. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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The songs of the Nayanars were compiled in the Tevaram and the:

  1. Tiruvacakam
  2. Nalayira
  3. Sursagara
  4. Gita Govinda
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Correct answer: A. Tiruvacakam

1. Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar were leading Nayanars. 2. Tevaram and Tiruvacakam hold their songs. 3. The Alvars' songs are in the Divya Prabandham. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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Andal, one of the Alvars, was the daughter of:

  1. Sundarar
  2. Periyalvar
  3. Nammalvar
  4. Sambandar
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Correct answer: B. Periyalvar

1. The Alvars came from divergent backgrounds. 2. Andal was Periyalvar's daughter. 3. Nammalvar was another famous Alvar. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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