sandhi puja
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Sandhi Puja is a pivotal Hindu ritual performed at the sacred juncture between Ashtami and Navami during Durga Puja, marked by intensive worship, offerings, and the lighting of 108 lamps to honor the goddess in her most powerful form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sandhi puja canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6309888 — 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: sandhi puja Context triple: [Durga Puja, ritualElement, sandhi puja]
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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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Navavarana puja
Navavarana puja is a highly structured Sri Vidya ritual of worship centered on the Sri Chakra, involving progressive offerings through nine enclosures to the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari.
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Sandhyavandanam
Sandhyavandanam is a traditional Hindu daily ritual of prayers, meditation, and Vedic recitation performed at the junctions of the day, especially by initiated Brahmins.
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D.
Saraswati Puja
Saraswati Puja is a Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts, celebrated with rituals, prayers, and educational offerings, especially in eastern India.
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E.
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.
- 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: sandhi puja Target entity description: Sandhi Puja is a pivotal Hindu ritual performed at the sacred juncture between Ashtami and Navami during Durga Puja, marked by intensive worship, offerings, and the lighting of 108 lamps to honor the goddess in her most powerful form.
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A.
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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B.
Navavarana puja
Navavarana puja is a highly structured Sri Vidya ritual of worship centered on the Sri Chakra, involving progressive offerings through nine enclosures to the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari.
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C.
Sandhyavandanam
Sandhyavandanam is a traditional Hindu daily ritual of prayers, meditation, and Vedic recitation performed at the junctions of the day, especially by initiated Brahmins.
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D.
Saraswati Puja
Saraswati Puja is a Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts, celebrated with rituals, prayers, and educational offerings, especially in eastern India.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Durga Puja ritual
ⓘ
Hindu ritual ⓘ |
| associatedCommunity |
Assamese Hindus
ⓘ
linked to:
Assamese people
Bengali Hindus ⓘ
linked to:
Hindus in Bengal
Hindu communities in Bangladesh ⓘ Odias ⓘ Tripuri Hindus ⓘ
linked to:
Tripuri people
|
| associatedDeity | Goddess Durga ⓘ |
| associatedFestival |
Navratri (in some regions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Navaratri
|
| associatedFormOfDurga |
Chamunda
ⓘ
Chandi ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | slaying of demons Chanda and Munda by the goddess ⓘ |
| associatedMythCharacter |
Chamunda
ⓘ
Chanda ⓘ Munda ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Assam
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| calendarSystem |
Hindu lunar calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu lunisolar calendar
|
| coreOffering |
fruits
ⓘ
pushpanjali (flower offering) ⓘ special bhog (food offering) ⓘ sweets ⓘ |
| etymology |
"Puja" means worship
ⓘ
"Sandhi" means junction or meeting point ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| numberOfLamps | 108 ⓘ |
| observedBy | devotees of Goddess Durga ⓘ |
| observedFrequency | annually ⓘ |
| performedDuring | Durga Puja ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualElement |
intensive worship
ⓘ
lighting of lamps ⓘ offerings ⓘ |
| ritualMood |
intense devotion
ⓘ
reverence for the goddess’s fierce aspect ⓘ |
| significance |
considered one of the most sacred moments of Durga Puja
ⓘ
marks the most powerful form of the goddess during Durga Puja ⓘ |
| symbolismOfLamps |
invocation of divine energy
ⓘ
removal of darkness and ignorance ⓘ |
| timeOfPerformance |
beginning of Maha Navami
ⓘ
end of Maha Ashtami ⓘ junction of Ashtami and Navami tithi ⓘ |
| tithiRange |
first 24 minutes of Navami tithi
ⓘ
last 24 minutes of Ashtami tithi ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
Durga Puja pandal
ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ |
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Subject: sandhi puja Description of subject: Sandhi Puja is a pivotal Hindu ritual performed at the sacred juncture between Ashtami and Navami during Durga Puja, marked by intensive worship, offerings, and the lighting of 108 lamps to honor the goddess in her most powerful form.
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