Mahavan
E485169
Mahavan is a historic town in India’s Braj region, traditionally associated with the childhood pastimes of the Hindu deity Krishna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahavan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4986827 — 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: Mahavan Context triple: [Braj region, containsCity, Mahavan]
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A.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
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B.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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C.
Ananta
Ananta is the cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology who serves as the endless, thousand-headed couch of the god Vishnu and symbolizes infinity and timelessness.
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D.
Shungopavi
Shungopavi is a traditional Hopi village in northeastern Arizona known for its deep cultural significance and long-standing Indigenous heritage.
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E.
Marulan
Marulan is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a rural service centre located near the geographic midpoint between Sydney and Canberra.
- 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: Mahavan Target entity description: Mahavan is a historic town in India’s Braj region, traditionally associated with the childhood pastimes of the Hindu deity Krishna.
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A.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
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B.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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C.
Ananta
Ananta is the cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology who serves as the endless, thousand-headed couch of the god Vishnu and symbolizes infinity and timelessness.
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D.
Shungopavi
Shungopavi is a traditional Hopi village in northeastern Arizona known for its deep cultural significance and long-standing Indigenous heritage.
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E.
Marulan
Marulan is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a rural service centre located near the geographic midpoint between Sydney and Canberra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Krishna ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Braj Bhoomi
ⓘ
linked to:
Braj region
|
| devotionalPractice | parikrama (circumambulation) ⓘ |
| district | Mathura district ⓘ |
| festivalObserved |
Holi
ⓘ
Janmashtami ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Gokul-Mahavan
ⓘ
linked to:
Gokul
|
| hasEconomySector | pilgrimage-related services ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Krishna childhood pastimes ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Mathura ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown | Vrindavan ⓘ |
| hasSite |
pilgrimage places
ⓘ
temples dedicated to Krishna ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Braj region
ⓘ
Mathura district ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Yamuna River
ⓘ
linked to:
Yamuna
|
| partOf |
Vrindavan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Vrindavan
|
| primaryLanguageSpoken |
Braj Bhasha
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| regionType | Braj ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | Krishna Leela sites ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| state | Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| tourismType |
pilgrimage tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
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: Mahavan Description of subject: Mahavan is a historic town in India’s Braj region, traditionally associated with the childhood pastimes of the Hindu deity Krishna.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.