Snana Purnima

E658205

Hindu festival religious observance

Snana Purnima is a Hindu festival marking the ceremonial public bathing of Lord Jagannath and associated deities at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, observed shortly before the annual Rath Yatra.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Snana Yatra	2
Kartik Snan	1
Snana Purnima canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7306622 — 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: Snana Purnima
Context triple: [Rath Yatra, associatedRitual, Snana Purnima]

A. Shravana Purnima
Shravana Purnima is the full moon day in the Hindu month of Shravana, observed as an auspicious occasion marked by various religious festivals and rituals across India.
B. Sharad Purnima
Sharad Purnima is a Hindu harvest and full-moon festival celebrated with special devotion to Lord Krishna, particularly in regions like Vrindavan and Mathura.
C. Narali Purnima
Narali Purnima is a coastal Hindu festival, especially observed in the Konkan region, that marks the onset of the fishing season and involves offering coconuts to the sea for safety and prosperity.
D. Pournami
Pournami is an Indian Telugu-language film best known for featuring actor Prabhas in a prominent role.
E. Gaura Purnima
Gaura Purnima is a major Vaishnava festival celebrating the appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, observed with devotional singing, fasting, and feasting by followers of the Krishna bhakti tradition.
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: Snana Purnima
Target entity description: Snana Purnima is a Hindu festival marking the ceremonial public bathing of Lord Jagannath and associated deities at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, observed shortly before the annual Rath Yatra.

A. Shravana Purnima
Shravana Purnima is the full moon day in the Hindu month of Shravana, observed as an auspicious occasion marked by various religious festivals and rituals across India.
B. Sharad Purnima
Sharad Purnima is a Hindu harvest and full-moon festival celebrated with special devotion to Lord Krishna, particularly in regions like Vrindavan and Mathura.
C. Narali Purnima
Narali Purnima is a coastal Hindu festival, especially observed in the Konkan region, that marks the onset of the fishing season and involves offering coconuts to the sea for safety and prosperity.
D. Pournami
Pournami is an Indian Telugu-language film best known for featuring actor Prabhas in a prominent role.
E. Gaura Purnima
Gaura Purnima is a major Vaishnava festival celebrating the appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, observed with devotional singing, fasting, and feasting by followers of the Krishna bhakti tradition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
associatedDeity	Balabhadra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Jagannath NERFINISHED ⓘ Subhadra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudarsana NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendar	Hindu lunar calendar ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalRegion	Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
devotionalFocus	bhakti (devotion) to Jagannath ⓘ
devotionalPractice	chanting of Jagannath kirtans ⓘ large congregational darshan ⓘ offering of special bhoga (food offerings) ⓘ
etymology	‘Purnima’ means full moon in Sanskrit/Odia ⓘ ‘Snana’ means bathing in Sanskrit/Odia ⓘ
festivalType	Vaishnava festival ⓘ temple festival ⓘ
followedBy	Rath Yatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAspect	mass pilgrimage to Puri ⓘ public procession ⓘ ritual bathing ⓘ
languageOfName	Odia ⓘ
linkedFestival	Rath Yatra of Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Puri, Odisha, India NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTemple	Jagannath Temple, Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedBy	Hindus in Odisha ⓘ devotees of Lord Jagannath ⓘ
occursOn	full moon day of Jyeshtha month ⓘ
organisedBy	Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilgrimageSite	Jagannath Temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Akshaya Tritiya (in Jagannath temple ritual sequence) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anavasara (period of seclusion of deities after bathing) ⓘ Navakalebara (when Snana Purnima has special importance in years of body-renewal) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Jagannath tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
ritual	ceremonial bathing of deities ⓘ procession of deities to Snana Bedi ⓘ public darshan of Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra ⓘ
ritualObject	Snana Bedi (bathing platform) NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	considered the birthday or appearance day of Lord Jagannath by some traditions ⓘ marks the first public appearance of Jagannath before Rath Yatra ⓘ ritual purification of deities before chariot festival ⓘ
timeOfYear	May–June ⓘ
tithi	Jyeshtha Purnima ⓘ
visibility	deities brought out from Garbha Griha for public view ⓘ
waterSource	108 pitchers of sanctified water ⓘ water from the Golden Well (Suna Kua) at Jagannath Temple ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rath Yatra → associatedRitual → Snana Purnima ⓘ

Kartika month → containsFestival → Snana Purnima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kartik Snan

Jagannath Temple Puri → hasFestival → Snana Purnima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Snana Yatra

Puri district → hasFestival → Snana Purnima ⓘ