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EasyMahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with and done for who of the following?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) Bahubali
Mahamastakabhisheka is the grand ritual anointing of the monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali (Gomateshwara) at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka.
- ✓ (a) The statue of Bahubali at Sravana Belagola is anointed in this Jain ritual.
- ✗ (c) Mahavir is not the deity of this ritual.
Remember · Mahamastakabhisheka: Bahubali (Gomateshwara), Shravanabelagola.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I, Ch 6 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 11 · An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I, Chapter 6 “at Sravana Belagola the famous statue of Gomateshwara, the granite statue of Lord Bahubali which stands eighteen metres or fifty-seven feet high, is the world's tallest monolithic free-standing structure.”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2009, General Studies paper. UPSC did not publish an answer key for 2009: the answer shown is the one the sources above support. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 24 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·