Janakpur

E254454
city cultural center pilgrimage site

Janakpur is a historic cultural and religious center in the Mithila region, renowned as a major pilgrimage site associated with the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Janakpur canonical 5
Janakpur (traditional attribution) 1
Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Janakpurdham ⓘ
associatedWith Rama ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
borderProximity near India–Nepal border ⓘ
connectedBy railway to India ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalPractice Madhubani painting ⓘ
surface form: Mithila painting
distanceFrom about 225 km southeast of Kathmandu ⓘ
governingBody Janakpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City
hasFeature numerous ponds and sacred water bodies ⓘ
hasTransport Janakpur Airport ⓘ
heritage Maithil culture ⓘ
historicalRegion ancient Videha (traditionally) ⓘ
languageSpoken Maithili ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
locatedIn Madhesh Province ⓘ
Mithila region ⓘ
southeastern Nepal ⓘ
majorTemple Janaki Mandir ⓘ
Ram Mandir ⓘ
Vivaha Mandap ⓘ
surface form: Vivah Mandap
namedAfter King Janaka ⓘ
pilgrimageFestival Chhath Puja ⓘ
surface form: Chhath

Rama Navami ⓘ
surface form: Ram Navami

Vivaha Panchami ⓘ
surface form: Vivah Panchami
regionCapitalOf Madhesh Province ⓘ
religiousCommunity Hindus ⓘ
religiousSignificance birthplace of Sita (according to tradition) ⓘ
site of Rama and Sita’s marriage (according to tradition) ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Mithila region → majorCity → Janakpur ⓘ
Jainagar → connectsTo → Janakpur ⓘ
Janakpur → governingBody → Janakpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City
Kingdom of Mithila → capital → Janakpur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janakpur (traditional attribution)
Janaki Mandir in Janakpur → locatedInCity → Janakpur ⓘ
subject surface form: Janaki Mandir
Madhesh Province → capital → Janakpur ⓘ
Madhesh Province → containsCity → Janakpur ⓘ