Durgashtami
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Durgashtami is a significant Hindu festival day dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, typically observed as part of the Navaratri celebrations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durgashtami canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10925243 — 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: Durgashtami Context triple: [Bathukamma, endsOn, Durgashtami]
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A.
Gopashtami
Gopashtami is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Krishna’s role as a cowherd, celebrating the worship and protection of cows.
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B.
Naraka Chaturdashi
Naraka Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival day, observed as part of Diwali, that commemorates the slaying of the demon Narakasura and is celebrated with early-morning rituals, cleansing, and the lighting of lamps.
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C.
Radhashtami
Radhashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Radharani, observed with special devotion, kirtans, and rituals in temples, especially in Vrindavan and other Vaishnava centers.
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D.
Mahishasuramardini
Mahishasuramardini is a fierce form of the Hindu goddess Durga, celebrated for slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura and symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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E.
Rukmini Dwadashi
Rukmini Dwadashi is a Hindu religious observance dedicated to honoring Goddess Rukmini, the principal consort of Lord Krishna, typically marked by special prayers, fasting, and temple rituals.
- 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: Durgashtami Target entity description: Durgashtami is a significant Hindu festival day dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, typically observed as part of the Navaratri celebrations.
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A.
Gopashtami
Gopashtami is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Krishna’s role as a cowherd, celebrating the worship and protection of cows.
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B.
Naraka Chaturdashi
Naraka Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival day, observed as part of Diwali, that commemorates the slaying of the demon Narakasura and is celebrated with early-morning rituals, cleansing, and the lighting of lamps.
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C.
Radhashtami
Radhashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Radharani, observed with special devotion, kirtans, and rituals in temples, especially in Vrindavan and other Vaishnava centers.
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D.
Mahishasuramardini
Mahishasuramardini is a fierce form of the Hindu goddess Durga, celebrated for slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura and symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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E.
Rukmini Dwadashi
Rukmini Dwadashi is a Hindu religious observance dedicated to honoring Goddess Rukmini, the principal consort of Lord Krishna, typically marked by special prayers, fasting, and temple rituals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Durga festival
ⓘ
Hindu festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ |
| associatedFormOfDurga |
Chandi
ⓘ
Mahagauri ⓘ |
| associatedScripture |
Devi Mahatmya
ⓘ
Durga Saptashati ⓘ
linked to:
Devi Mahatmya
Markandeya Purana ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Devi Mahatmya recitation
ⓘ
Shakti ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important day in Navaratri observances
ⓘ
major day of Durga worship ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Goddess Durga ⓘ |
| fastingPractice |
day-long fast
ⓘ
partial fast ⓘ |
| fastingType | vrat ⓘ |
| frequency | annual festival ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
Navadurga
ⓘ
Shakti worship ⓘ |
| lunarCalendarBasis | eighth tithi of Shukla Paksha ⓘ |
| observanceType |
community celebrations
ⓘ
home worship ⓘ temple worship ⓘ |
| observedBy | Hindus ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Hindu diaspora ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| occursDuring |
Ashwin
ⓘ
Sharad Navaratri ⓘ
linked to:
Navaratri
|
| partOf | Navaratri ⓘ |
| positionInFestival | eighth day of Navaratri ⓘ |
| purpose |
seeking protection from evil
ⓘ
seeking strength and courage ⓘ spiritual purification ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualsInclude |
Durga puja
ⓘ
linked to:
Durga Puja
chanting of mantras ⓘ fasting ⓘ lighting of lamps ⓘ offering of flowers ⓘ recitation of scriptures ⓘ special aarti ⓘ |
| worshipFocus |
destruction of demons by Durga
ⓘ
victory of good over evil ⓘ |
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: Durgashtami Description of subject: Durgashtami is a significant Hindu festival day dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, typically observed as part of the Navaratri celebrations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.