Dvaraka
E471154
Dvaraka is an ancient and sacred coastal city in western India, revered in Hindu tradition as the legendary kingdom of Lord Krishna.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dvaraka canonical | 30 |
| Dwaraka | 5 |
| Dvaraka region | 1 |
| Dvārakā | 1 |
| Krishna’s kingdom of Dvaraka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4754486 — 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: Dvaraka Context triple: [Rukmini, associatedWith, Dvaraka]
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A.
Bet Dwarka
Bet Dwarka is a small island off the coast of Gujarat, India, revered in Hindu tradition as a legendary residence of Lord Krishna and an important pilgrimage site.
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B.
Nanakramguda
Nanakramguda is a prominent IT and financial district in Hyderabad, India, known for housing major technology parks, corporate offices, and the city’s financial services hub.
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C.
Bharathipura
Bharathipura is a landmark Kannada novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy that critically explores caste, modernity, and social reform in a South Indian village.
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D.
Banavasi
Banavasi is an ancient town in Karnataka, India, historically significant as an early capital of the Kadamba dynasty and a major center of early Kannada culture and inscriptions.
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E.
Pavapuri
Pavapuri is a revered Jain pilgrimage site in Bihar, India, best known as the place where Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, attained nirvana.
- 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: Dvaraka Target entity description: Dvaraka is an ancient and sacred coastal city in western India, revered in Hindu tradition as the legendary kingdom of Lord Krishna.
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A.
Bet Dwarka
Bet Dwarka is a small island off the coast of Gujarat, India, revered in Hindu tradition as a legendary residence of Lord Krishna and an important pilgrimage site.
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B.
Nanakramguda
Nanakramguda is a prominent IT and financial district in Hyderabad, India, known for housing major technology parks, corporate offices, and the city’s financial services hub.
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C.
Bharathipura
Bharathipura is a landmark Kannada novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy that critically explores caste, modernity, and social reform in a South Indian village.
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D.
Banavasi
Banavasi is an ancient town in Karnataka, India, historically significant as an early capital of the Kadamba dynasty and a major center of early Kannada culture and inscriptions.
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E.
Pavapuri
Pavapuri is a revered Jain pilgrimage site in Bihar, India, best known as the place where Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, attained nirvana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu pilgrimage site
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ mythological location ⓘ sacred city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalInterest | site of marine archaeology explorations ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Krishna’s later life and rule
ⓘ
migration of Yadava clan from Mathura ⓘ |
| associatedWithAvatar | Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Krishna ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Yadavas
ⓘ
linked to:
Yadava
|
| capitalOf | Krishna’s kingdom in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| coast | western coast of India ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | ideal royal city in Krishna tradition ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important center of Krishna devotion ⓘ |
| deityOfMajorTemple |
Dwarkadhish (Krishna as King of Dvaraka)
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linked to:
Krishna
|
| describedAs |
legendary kingdom of Lord Krishna
ⓘ
sacred coastal city ⓘ |
| devotionalImportance | major destination for Krishna bhakti movements ⓘ |
| festival |
Janmashtami celebrations
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Krishna-related temple festivals ⓘ |
| governedBy | Krishna ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Dvaravati (in some texts) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Dvārakā
ⓘ
linked to:
Dvaraka
Dwarka ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | name derived from Sanskrit "Dvaraka" meaning "gated city" or "city of gates" ⓘ |
| hasSacredNarrative | stories of Krishna’s rule, family life, and departure from earth ⓘ |
| hasTitleForKrishna |
Dwarkadhish (Lord of Dvaraka)
ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| linkedToLegend |
city built by Vishwakarma at Krishna’s request
ⓘ
city protected from enemies by the sea ⓘ submergence of the city into the sea after Krishna’s departure ⓘ |
| linkedToMythicGeography | western oceanic frontier of ancient India ⓘ |
| literaryTheme | divine kingship of Krishna ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gujarat
ⓘ
western India ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Arabian Sea ⓘ |
| majorTemple | Dwarkadhish Temple ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
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Harivamsa ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ |
| nearbyModernCity |
Dwarka, Gujarat
ⓘ
linked to:
Dwarka
|
| pilgrimageCircuit | Char Dham ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | one of the principal cities in Krishna’s life ⓘ |
| sacredStatus | one of the Sapta Puri (seven sacred cities) in Hinduism ⓘ |
| tourismType | religious tourism ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dvaraka Description of subject: Dvaraka is an ancient and sacred coastal city in western India, revered in Hindu tradition as the legendary kingdom of Lord Krishna.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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contrasts with Rukmini’s humility
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