Mathura

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ancient city city pilgrimage center

Mathura is an ancient city in northern India revered in Hinduism as the birthplace of Lord Krishna and a major pilgrimage center.

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Surface form Occurrences
Mathura (Sanskrit: मथुरा) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ
administrativeStatus district headquarters of Mathura district ⓘ
artStyle Mathura school of art ⓘ
surface form: Mathura school of sculpture
country India ⓘ
distanceFromDelhi about 145 km ⓘ
hasAncientName Madhura ⓘ
Mathura self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mathura (Sanskrit: मथुरा)
hasRailwayStation Mathura Junction ⓘ
hasReligiousSiteType Buddhist archaeological sites ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ
Jain temples ⓘ
hasUniversity Babu Shivnath Agrawal College ⓘ
GLA University ⓘ
historicalRegion Yadava ⓘ
surface form: Surasena
isAssociatedWithDeity Krishna ⓘ
isAssociatedWithEpic Harivamsa ⓘ
isAssociatedWithText Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
isPartOf Braj region ⓘ
knownFor Braj culture ⓘ
Holi festival celebrations ⓘ
Janmabhoomi (birthplace) shrine of Krishna ⓘ
Krishna temples ⓘ
Mathura school of art ⓘ
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern India ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Yamuna ⓘ
surface form: Yamuna River
lokSabhaConstituency Mathura Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
majorFestival Govardhan Puja ⓘ
Holi ⓘ
Janmashtami ⓘ
mentionedIn Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
nearbyCity Agra ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hindi ⓘ
regionalLanguage Braj Bhasha ⓘ
reveredInReligion Hinduism ⓘ
servedAsCapitalOf Surasena kingdom ⓘ
significanceInHinduism birthplace of Lord Krishna ⓘ
stateCapitalDistance about 400 km from Lucknow ⓘ
timezone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode UP-85 ⓘ
wasImportantIn Gupta Empire ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ

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

Holi → associatedWithPlace → Mathura ⓘ
Krishna → birthPlace → Mathura ⓘ
Kushan Empire → capital → Mathura ⓘ
Braj → centralCity → Mathura ⓘ
Braj → containsCity → Mathura ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh → containsCity → Mathura ⓘ
Jamuna → flowsThrough → Mathura ⓘ
Mathura → hasAncientName → Mathura self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mathura (Sanskrit: मथुरा)
Hinduism → hasSacredGeography → Mathura ⓘ
Gupta Empire → majorCity → Mathura ⓘ
Agra → nearbyCity → Mathura ⓘ
Vrindavan → nearbyCity → Mathura ⓘ
Jamuna → sacredCityOnBanks → Mathura ⓘ
Yamuna → sacredCityOnBanks → Mathura ⓘ