Hindu New Year
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Hindu New Year is the traditional beginning of the year in the Hindu calendar, observed on various regional dates across India with religious rituals, festive celebrations, and cultural customs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hindu New Year canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19708672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hindu New Year Context triple: [Samvatsar Padvo, marks, Hindu New Year]
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A.
Bengali New Year
Bengali New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Bengali communities, marked by cultural celebrations, fairs, and rituals that welcome the first day of the Bengali calendar.
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B.
Kashmiri Pandit New Year
Kashmiri Pandit New Year is a traditional lunar-solar festival observed by the Kashmiri Hindu community to mark the beginning of their new year with religious rituals and cultural customs.
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C.
Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
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D.
Margazhi festival
Margazhi festival is a significant Tamil Hindu religious and cultural celebration held in the auspicious winter month of Margazhi, marked by special temple rituals, devotional music, and classical dance performances.
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E.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hindu New Year Target entity description: Hindu New Year is the traditional beginning of the year in the Hindu calendar, observed on various regional dates across India with religious rituals, festive celebrations, and cultural customs.
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A.
Bengali New Year
Bengali New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Bengali communities, marked by cultural celebrations, fairs, and rituals that welcome the first day of the Bengali calendar.
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B.
Kashmiri Pandit New Year
Kashmiri Pandit New Year is a traditional lunar-solar festival observed by the Kashmiri Hindu community to mark the beginning of their new year with religious rituals and cultural customs.
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C.
Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
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D.
Margazhi festival
Margazhi festival is a significant Tamil Hindu religious and cultural celebration held in the auspicious winter month of Margazhi, marked by special temple rituals, devotional music, and classical dance performances.
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E.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
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