Durga Puja
E141471
Durga Puja is a major Hindu festival, especially celebrated in eastern India, that honors the goddess Durga’s victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura through elaborate rituals, artistic pandals, and cultural performances.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durga Puja canonical | 44 |
| Durga Puja festival | 2 |
| Durga Puja (among Hindus) | 1 |
| Durga Puja in Kolkata | 1 |
| Hindu festivals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T932910 — 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: Durga Puja Context triple: [Devi, associatedFestival, Durga Puja]
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A.
Kali Puja
Kali Puja is a major Hindu festival, especially prominent in eastern India, that centers on the worship of the goddess Kali with elaborate night-long rituals, offerings, and celebrations.
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B.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, marked by elaborate worship, public processions, and the immersion of his idols in water.
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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.
Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya, marked by rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at rivers and water bodies, especially in northern and eastern India.
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E.
Dussehra
Dussehra is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, most prominently marked in northern India by the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana.
- 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: Durga Puja Target entity description: Durga Puja is a major Hindu festival, especially celebrated in eastern India, that honors the goddess Durga’s victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura through elaborate rituals, artistic pandals, and cultural performances.
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A.
Kali Puja
Kali Puja is a major Hindu festival, especially prominent in eastern India, that centers on the worship of the goddess Kali with elaborate night-long rituals, offerings, and celebrations.
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B.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, marked by elaborate worship, public processions, and the immersion of his idols in water.
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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.
Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya, marked by rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at rivers and water bodies, especially in northern and eastern India.
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E.
Dussehra
Dussehra is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, most prominently marked in northern India by the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Durgotsav ⓘ |
| approxGregorianMonth |
October
ⓘ
September ⓘ |
| artForm |
idol craftsmanship
ⓘ
pandal art ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
shakti worship
ⓘ
triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
| associatedFestival |
Dussehra
ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ |
| associatedFood |
bhog
ⓘ
sweets ⓘ |
| associatedMusic | dhak drumming ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | slaying of the buffalo demon Mahishasura ⓘ |
| calendar | Hindu lunar calendar ⓘ |
| commemorates | Durga’s victory over Mahishasura ⓘ |
| countryOfPractice | India ⓘ |
| culminatesOn |
Dussehra
ⓘ
surface form:
Vijaya Dashami
|
| culturalElement |
artistic lighting
ⓘ
community feasts ⓘ dance performances ⓘ music performances ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| duration | 10 days ⓘ |
| economicImpact | major contributor to local economy in West Bengal ⓘ |
| honors |
Goddess Durga
ⓘ
surface form:
Durga
|
| immersionRitualName | Visarjan ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Bengali ⓘ |
| mainDay |
Navaratri
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashtami
Dashami ⓘ Navami ⓘ Saptami ⓘ Shashthi ⓘ |
| mainDaysCount | 5 days ⓘ |
| mainDeity |
Goddess Durga
ⓘ
surface form:
Durga
|
| majorCityOfCelebration |
Delhi
ⓘ
Dhaka ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Mumbai ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | Ashwin ⓘ |
| regionOfProminence |
Assam
ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Bihar ⓘ eastern India ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern India
Jharkhand ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
surface form:
Odisha
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualElement |
Durga idol worship
ⓘ
aarti ⓘ immersion procession ⓘ kumari puja ⓘ pandals ⓘ pushpanjali ⓘ sandhi puja ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
community gathering
ⓘ
family reunion ⓘ |
| typicalVenue |
community pandal
ⓘ
household shrine ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionScope |
Durga Puja
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Durga Puja in Kolkata
|
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Durga Puja Description of subject: Durga Puja is a major Hindu festival, especially celebrated in eastern India, that honors the goddess Durga’s victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura through elaborate rituals, artistic pandals, and cultural performances.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Durga Puja festival
subject surface form:
West Bengal
this entity surface form:
Durga Puja festival
subject surface form:
West Bengal
subject surface form:
Eastern India
this entity surface form:
Durga Puja (among Hindus)
subject surface form:
Chandi Mandir
subject surface form:
Durga Mandir (Varanasi)
this entity surface form:
Durga Puja in Kolkata
this entity surface form:
Hindu festivals
subject surface form:
Maya Devi Temple, Haridwar
subject surface form:
Udaipur, Tripura