10. Hindus believe that whenever evil threatens to take over the world, the god Shiva comes down on earth to fight evil and restore order.
11. The highest-ranking group in Hindu society are the Untouchables.
12. One Hindu leader who tried to improve the treatment of the Untouchables was Mohandas K. Gandhi.
13. Mantras are chants or hymns. 14. Aranyakas are explanations of these mantras. 15. Upanishads are poems offering insights into the meaning of life. 16. Puja must be performed only once each day. 17. Usually the father arranges all acts of worship for a Hindu family.
18. You remove your shoes before entering a mandir to show that you respect it as a holy place.
19. A pravachan is a Hindu holy man.
20. You receive the sixth samskara when you are one year old. Your head is shaved to represent purity. You are now said to have left all the sins of your previous lives behind you.
21. The Ceremony of the Sacred Thread is a ritual restricted to girls who are members of the top three castes.
22. Holi is known as ‘the festival of lights’. 23. Holi celebrates the arrival of spring.
24. During Holi, Hindus dress in white clothing and throw red-coloured water over one another.
25. Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of prosperity.
26. Once Hindus reach a pilgrimage site, they take a ritual bath and pray that their sins will be washed away.
27. Ajodhya in northern India is called the birthplace of the god Krishna. False
