Dwarka

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Dwarka is an ancient and sacred coastal city in western India, traditionally revered in Hinduism as the kingdom established and ruled by Lord Krishna.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dwarka canonical 24
Dvaraka 1
Dwarka Dhama 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage site
city
coastal city
administrativeStatus municipality
annualFestival Diwali
Holi
Janmashtami
associatedWithDeity Krishna
capitalOf Dwarka kingdom
surface form: kingdom of Krishna
coastalFeature rocky shoreline
sandy beaches
coastType Arabian Sea coast
country India
economy fishing
religious tourism
small-scale trade
governingBody Dwarka
surface form: Dwarka Municipality
hasPort Okha port (near Dwarka)
hasTemple Dwarkadhish Temple
Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple
Rukmini Devi Temple
hasTitle Dwarka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dwarkapuri

Moksha Dwar
surface form: Moksha Dham
heritageStatus important Hindu sacred city
locatedIn Devbhoomi Dwarka district
surface form: Devbhumi Dwarka district

Gujarat
locatedInRegion Western India
surface form: western India
locatedOn Arabian Sea
Gomti
surface form: Gomti River
mentionedIn Bhagavata Purana
Mahabharata
Skanda Purana
nearbyAirport Jamnagar Airport
nearbySite Bet Dwarka
Okha
nearestMajorCity Jamnagar
officialLanguage Gujarati
Hindi
partOf Char Dham
Sapta Puri
pilgrimageCircuit Char Dham
Dwarka–Somnath–Girnar circuit
primaryTempleDeity Krishna
surface form: Krishna as Dwarkadhish
religion Hinduism
stateCapitalDistance about 450 km from Gandhinagar
timezone IST
traditionalFounder Krishna
transport Dwarka railway station
utcOffset +5:30

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Referenced by (28)

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

Krishna laterResidence Dwarka
Sudama (in Hindu tradition) associatedWithPlace Dwarka
subject surface form: Sudama
this entity surface form: Dvaraka
Dwarkadhish Temple pilgrimageCircuit Dwarka
this entity surface form: Dwarka Dhama
Yadava hasHistoricalRegion Dwarka
Yadava associatedWithCity Dwarka
Char Dham hasPart Dwarka
Dwarka hasTitle Dwarka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dwarkapuri
Harivamsa mentions Dwarka
Sapta Puri hasMember Dwarka
Jamnagar district contains Dwarka
Kathiawar contains Dwarka
Balarama cultCenter Dwarka
Jagat Mandir locatedInCity Dwarka
Dwarka kingdom capitalCity Dwarka
Dwarka kingdom modernCorrespondence Dwarka
this entity surface form: Dwarka, Gujarat
Moksha Dwar locatedIn Dwarka