Tashiding Monastery (nearby)
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Tashiding Monastery is a revered Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred stupas, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting overlooking the surrounding valleys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tashiding Monastery (nearby) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7491186 — 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: Tashiding Monastery (nearby) Context triple: [Yuksom, hasMonastery, Tashiding Monastery (nearby)]
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A.
Monastery of Banz (nearby)
The Monastery of Banz is a former Benedictine abbey in Upper Franconia, Germany, renowned for its baroque architecture and scenic hilltop setting overlooking the Main River.
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B.
Thiksey Monastery
Thiksey Monastery is a prominent hilltop Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India, renowned for its multi-level architecture and panoramic views of the Indus Valley.
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C.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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D.
Tawang Monastery
Tawang Monastery is a prominent 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery in northeastern India, renowned as one of the largest monasteries in the world and an important center of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Diskit Monastery
Diskit Monastery is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in Ladakh’s Nubra Valley, renowned for its hilltop location, panoramic views, and towering Maitreya Buddha statue.
- 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: Tashiding Monastery (nearby) Target entity description: Tashiding Monastery is a revered Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred stupas, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting overlooking the surrounding valleys.
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A.
Monastery of Banz (nearby)
The Monastery of Banz is a former Benedictine abbey in Upper Franconia, Germany, renowned for its baroque architecture and scenic hilltop setting overlooking the Main River.
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B.
Thiksey Monastery
Thiksey Monastery is a prominent hilltop Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India, renowned for its multi-level architecture and panoramic views of the Indus Valley.
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C.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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D.
Tawang Monastery
Tawang Monastery is a prominent 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery in northeastern India, renowned as one of the largest monasteries in the world and an important center of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Diskit Monastery
Diskit Monastery is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in Ladakh’s Nubra Valley, renowned for its hilltop location, panoramic views, and towering Maitreya Buddha statue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery
ⓘ
religious site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| access | mountain road from Yuksom side ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyingma school
|
| architectureStyle | traditional Sikkimese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guru Padmasambhava
ⓘ
linked to:
Padmasambhava
|
| BumchuHeldOn | first lunar month of Tibetan calendar ⓘ |
| BumchuRitualInvolves | opening of sacred vase of holy water ⓘ |
| BumchuSignificance | divination of coming year’s fortunes ⓘ |
| considered | one of the holiest monasteries in Sikkim ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1465 metres ⓘ |
| festivalType | Tibetan Buddhist ritual ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ngadak Sempa Chempo Phunshok Rigzin ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| foundedUnderPatronageOf | Chogyal of Sikkim ⓘ |
| governingBody | monastic administration under Sikkim Buddhist institutions ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
mani stone inscriptions
ⓘ
prayer flags ⓘ viewpoints over surrounding valleys ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLiturgy |
Sikkimese
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
chortens of great significance
ⓘ
main prayer hall ⓘ monastic quarters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural heritage site of Sikkim ⓘ |
| hostsFestival | Bumchu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bumchu festival
ⓘ
holy chortens ⓘ pilgrimage significance in Sikkim ⓘ sacred stupas ⓘ scenic hilltop setting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sikkim
ⓘ
West Sikkim district ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Pelling
ⓘ
Yuksom ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Rangit River valley
ⓘ
Teesta River valley ⓘ
linked to:
Teesta Valley
|
| pilgrimageSiteFor |
Buddhists from Sikkim
ⓘ
Buddhists from neighbouring Himalayan regions ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Himalayas ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
religious tourism
ⓘ
trekking stop ⓘ |
| tradition |
Vajrayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tashiding Monastery (nearby) Description of subject: Tashiding Monastery is a revered Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred stupas, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting overlooking the surrounding valleys.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.