Maitreya Buddha statue
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The Maitreya Buddha statue at Diskit Monastery is a towering, brightly colored representation of the future Buddha that overlooks the Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India, and serves as a prominent symbol of peace and protection.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maitreya Buddha statue canonical | 1 |
| Maitreya Buddha statue (often) | 1 |
| Maitreya Buddha statue at Beopjusa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11785265 — 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: Maitreya Buddha statue Context triple: [Diskit Monastery, hasFeature, Maitreya Buddha statue]
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A.
Avalokiteśvara statue
The Avalokiteśvara statue at Gandantegchinlen Monastery is a monumental representation of the bodhisattva of compassion, revered as one of Mongolia’s most important Buddhist icons.
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B.
Buddha Dordenma statue
The Buddha Dordenma statue is a massive gilded Shakyamuni Buddha monument overlooking Thimphu, Bhutan, and is one of the largest Buddha statues in the world.
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C.
Jowo Shakyamuni statue
The Jowo Shakyamuni statue is Tibet’s most revered image of the historical Buddha, believed to have been blessed during his lifetime and serving as the spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism.
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D.
Lady Buddha
Lady Buddha is a towering white statue of the bodhisattva of compassion (often identified with Guanyin) that serves as a prominent spiritual landmark and tourist attraction in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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E.
Tian Tan Buddha
Tian Tan Buddha is a massive bronze statue of the Buddha and major pilgrimage site located near Po Lin Monastery on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island.
- 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: Maitreya Buddha statue Target entity description: The Maitreya Buddha statue at Diskit Monastery is a towering, brightly colored representation of the future Buddha that overlooks the Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India, and serves as a prominent symbol of peace and protection.
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A.
Avalokiteśvara statue
The Avalokiteśvara statue at Gandantegchinlen Monastery is a monumental representation of the bodhisattva of compassion, revered as one of Mongolia’s most important Buddhist icons.
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B.
Buddha Dordenma statue
The Buddha Dordenma statue is a massive gilded Shakyamuni Buddha monument overlooking Thimphu, Bhutan, and is one of the largest Buddha statues in the world.
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C.
Jowo Shakyamuni statue
The Jowo Shakyamuni statue is Tibet’s most revered image of the historical Buddha, believed to have been blessed during his lifetime and serving as the spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism.
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D.
Lady Buddha
Lady Buddha is a towering white statue of the bodhisattva of compassion (often identified with Guanyin) that serves as a prominent spiritual landmark and tourist attraction in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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E.
Tian Tan Buddha
Tian Tan Buddha is a massive bronze statue of the Buddha and major pilgrimage site located near Po Lin Monastery on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddha statue
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religious monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diskit Monastery
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Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| color | brightly colored ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
prevention of war with Pakistan
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protection of Nubra Valley ⓘ world peace ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major landmark of Nubra Valley
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pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| depicts |
Maitreya Buddha
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linked to:
Maitreya
|
| feature |
crown
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lotus base ⓘ ornate robes ⓘ seated posture ⓘ |
| height | approximately 32 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Diskit
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Diskit Monastery ⓘ India ⓘ Ladakh ⓘ Nubra Valley ⓘ |
| material | metal ⓘ |
| orientation | faces Shyok River ⓘ |
| overlooks | Nubra Valley ⓘ |
| region | Himalayas ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
peace
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protection ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious ceremonies
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tourism ⓘ |
| viewpointOf |
Nubra Valley
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surrounding Himalayan mountains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Maitreya Buddha statue Description of subject: The Maitreya Buddha statue at Diskit Monastery is a towering, brightly colored representation of the future Buddha that overlooks the Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India, and serves as a prominent symbol of peace and protection.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maitreya Buddha statue
linked to: Maitreya Buddha statue