Question
A saint of this name was legendarily inspired to compose the song “Sukhakarta Dukhaharta” after visiting the Sri Mayureshwar Mandir (“muh-yoo-RAYSH-wur MUN-dir”), which is the first stop in the Ashtavinayaka (“ush-tuh-vin-EYE-uh-kuh”) pilgrimage. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this name also adopted by the author of In Quest of God, the saint Vittal Rao (“VIT-tull RAO”), and the author of a book on spirituality, Be Here Now.
ANSWER: Ramdas (“RAHM-doss”) [accept Baba Ram Dass; accept Swami Ramdas; accept Samarth Ramdas]
[10e] “Sukhakarta Dukhaharta” is performed during a festival celebrating this god, who is often offered modak as a sweet. This elephant-headed Hindu god is the son of Shiva and Parvati.
ANSWER: Ganesha [or Ganapati; or Vinayaka; or Lambodara; or Pillaiyara]
[10m] “Sukhakarta Dukhaharta” is sung during one of these rituals performed during pujas. These rituals often include singing bhajans while a plate containing a flame is waved in a circle in front of an idol.
ANSWER: arti [or aarti; or arati]
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| Claremont B | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UC Berkeley B | UCSD | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Carnegie Mellon A | Ohio State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Case Western A | Case Western B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Michigan State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| William & Mary | Duke | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech A | South Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia A | Wake Forest | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago D | Missouri S&T | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Indiana B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| WashU A | Illinois C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Indiana A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago C | Missouri | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Winona State | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgetown A | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame B | Iowa | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | TAMU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas B | ASU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Alabama A | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Tennessee A | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Bruin A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Alberta | UW A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UW B | UBC | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell B | Columbia C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | John Jay College | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B | Penn B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | George Washington B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Vassar A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell C | RIT A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford B | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge C | Cambridge E | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge B | Cambridge D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Imperial A | Durham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Warwick A | Manchester | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford A | Warwick B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Sheffield | Bristol | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |