kumari puja
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Kumari Puja is a Hindu ritual in which a young prepubescent girl is worshipped as a living embodiment of the goddess, especially during major festivals like Durga Puja.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| kumari puja canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6309887 — 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: kumari puja Context triple: [Durga Puja, ritualElement, kumari puja]
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A.
Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja is a Hindu religious ceremony dedicated to worshipping the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity and good fortune, most prominently performed during the festival of Diwali.
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B.
Mahanisha Puja
Mahanisha Puja is a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of the goddess Kali, observed with night-long rituals, offerings, and devotional practices, especially in eastern India.
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C.
Kharchi Puja
Kharchi Puja is a prominent Hindu festival of Tripura centered on the worship of fourteen deities, marked by elaborate rituals, processions, and widespread cultural celebrations.
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D.
Panchayatana puja
Panchayatana puja is a Smarta Hindu worship practice that venerates five principal deities together—typically Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, and Surya—as different manifestations of the same ultimate reality.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- 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: kumari puja Target entity description: Kumari Puja is a Hindu ritual in which a young prepubescent girl is worshipped as a living embodiment of the goddess, especially during major festivals like Durga Puja.
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A.
Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja is a Hindu religious ceremony dedicated to worshipping the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity and good fortune, most prominently performed during the festival of Diwali.
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B.
Mahanisha Puja
Mahanisha Puja is a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of the goddess Kali, observed with night-long rituals, offerings, and devotional practices, especially in eastern India.
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C.
Kharchi Puja
Kharchi Puja is a prominent Hindu festival of Tripura centered on the worship of fourteen deities, marked by elaborate rituals, processions, and widespread cultural celebrations.
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D.
Panchayatana puja
Panchayatana puja is a Smarta Hindu worship practice that venerates five principal deities together—typically Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, and Surya—as different manifestations of the same ultimate reality.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Hindu ritual ⓘ |
| ageGroupOfKumari |
pre-adolescent girl
ⓘ
young child ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Goddess Durga
ⓘ
Shakti ⓘ
linked to:
Shaktas
|
| coreConcept |
purity and innocence as divine qualities
ⓘ
worship of feminine divine power ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important part of Durga Puja celebrations in Bengal
ⓘ
linked to:
Durga Puja
reinforces Shakta traditions ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
girl is often selected for auspicious qualities
ⓘ
girl must be prepubescent ⓘ girl must be unmarried ⓘ |
| festivalType | autumnal festival ritual ⓘ |
| hasRitualFocus |
auspiciousness
ⓘ
divine motherhood in potential form ⓘ purity ⓘ |
| includesActivity |
adorning the girl with jewelry
ⓘ
adorning the girl with new clothes ⓘ applying vermilion and sandalwood paste ⓘ chanting mantras ⓘ offering flowers ⓘ offering sweets ⓘ performing aarti ⓘ ritual bathing or cleansing of the girl ⓘ |
| participantRole |
Kumari (chosen girl) as goddess
ⓘ
devotees offering prayers ⓘ priests performing rituals ⓘ |
| performedDuring |
Durga Puja
ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ |
| practicedInCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| practicedInRegion |
Assam
ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| purpose |
honoring the divine feminine
ⓘ
invoking blessings of the goddess ⓘ seeking protection and prosperity ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Navadurga worship
ⓘ
Shakta worship ⓘ |
| relatedPractice | Kumari Devi tradition in Nepal ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| symbolizes | living embodiment of the goddess ⓘ |
| viewedAs | manifestation of Devi in human form ⓘ |
| worships | prepubescent girl ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: kumari puja Description of subject: Kumari Puja is a Hindu ritual in which a young prepubescent girl is worshipped as a living embodiment of the goddess, especially during major festivals like Durga Puja.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.