Starter quiz
- Many people in India follow a ______ worldview.
- 'Hindu' ✓
- Hindus have __________ stories about deities that teach important lessons.
- many ✓
- two
- no
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- The truth is ...
- what is real or right. ✓
- a way of seeing and understanding the world.
- ideas and stories.
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- What did the blind men learn at the end of the story of the Blind Men and the Elephant?
- the elephant was all of the things that they had felt ✓
- only one of them was right about the elephant
- they could not understand the elephant at all
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Exit quiz
- Which of these deities is Krishna?
- Krishna is often pictured with ...
- a violin.
- a flute. ✓
- a drum.
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- When Yashoda looked into Krishna's mouth, she could see ...
- the whole universe. ✓
- animals and plants.
- Krishna's friends.
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- In Hindu Dharma, many stories are told about Krishna's ...
- marriage.
- adulthood.
- childhood. ✓
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Key learning points
- Hindu Dharma has stories that offer different answers to big questions. They reflect the pluralism of Hindu worldviews.
- Krishna is a popular deity in Hindu Dharma. Many Hindus tell stories about his childhood.
- Krishna is often pictured with blue skin, which symbolises his energy and the universe.
- The story of the mouth of Krishna story tells how Krishna’s mother saw the universe in his mouth.
Common misconception
Hindu deities are often depicted in strange colours.
Images of Hindu deities are highly symbolic and colour often connects to deeper meanings about the deity.
Keywords
Krishna - Hindu deity of compassion and love
Symbolic - a deeper meaning or truth shown through colour or an object
Deity - a god taking a particular form; a deity shows one part of the one God
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