Sharad Purnima

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Hindu festival full moon festival harvest festival religious festival

Sharad Purnima is a Hindu harvest and full-moon festival celebrated with special devotion to Lord Krishna, particularly in regions like Vrindavan and Mathura.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kartik Purnima	7
Sharad Purnima canonical	3
Kartika Purnima	1
Kaumudi Purnima	1
Shravani Purnima	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3210708 — 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: Sharad Purnima
Context triple: [Banke Bihari Temple, festival, Sharad Purnima]

A. Narali Purnima
Narali Purnima is a coastal Hindu festival, especially observed in the Konkan region, that marks the onset of the fishing season and involves offering coconuts to the sea for safety and prosperity.
B. Anant Chaturdashi
Anant Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival day marked by the immersion of Lord Ganesha idols and the worship of Lord Vishnu in his infinite (Anant) form, symbolizing the conclusion of a period of devotion and the seeking of enduring prosperity and protection.
C. Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
D. Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
E. Navaratri
Navaratri is a major Hindu festival of nine nights dedicated to the worship of the Divine Mother in her various forms, celebrated with fasting, prayers, music, dance, and cultural 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: Sharad Purnima
Target entity description: Sharad Purnima is a Hindu harvest and full-moon festival celebrated with special devotion to Lord Krishna, particularly in regions like Vrindavan and Mathura.

A. Narali Purnima
Narali Purnima is a coastal Hindu festival, especially observed in the Konkan region, that marks the onset of the fishing season and involves offering coconuts to the sea for safety and prosperity.
B. Anant Chaturdashi
Anant Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival day marked by the immersion of Lord Ganesha idols and the worship of Lord Vishnu in his infinite (Anant) form, symbolizing the conclusion of a period of devotion and the seeking of enduring prosperity and protection.
C. Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
D. Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
E. Navaratri
Navaratri is a major Hindu festival of nine nights dedicated to the worship of the Divine Mother in her various forms, celebrated with fasting, prayers, music, dance, and cultural rituals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ full moon festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sharad Purnima ⓘ surface form: Kaumudi Purnima Kojagari Purnima ⓘ Kumar Purnima ⓘ
associatedCommunity	Vaishnavism ⓘ surface form: Vaishnavas
associatedDeity	Krishna ⓘ Sri (Lakshmi) ⓘ surface form: Lakshmi Radha ⓘ
associatedEvent	Rasa Lila with gopis ⓘ surface form: Raas Lila of Krishna
associatedPlace	Mathura ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ
associatedTheme	devotion to Krishna ⓘ prosperity and well-being ⓘ
belief	moonlight is believed to enrich food kept under it ⓘ moonlight on this night is considered especially healing in some traditions ⓘ
calendar	Hindu lunar calendar ⓘ
culturalRegion	Braj region ⓘ
fallsOn	Bhadra ⓘ surface form: Ashwin Purnima
festivalCategory	Vaishnava festival ⓘ
food	kheer (sweet rice pudding) ⓘ milk-based sweets ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
linkedConcept	lunar worship ⓘ
lunarPhase	full moon ⓘ
month	Ashwin ⓘ
observedIn	eastern India ⓘ surface form: Eastern India India ⓘ Mathura ⓘ northern India ⓘ surface form: North India Vrindavan ⓘ West India ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
ritual	breaking fast after moonrise ⓘ darshan of Krishna in temples ⓘ fasting by devotees ⓘ keeping food under moonlight ⓘ night-long kirtan and bhajan for Krishna ⓘ offering of kheer ⓘ
season	Sharad (autumn) ⓘ
significance	associated with divine love of Radha and Krishna ⓘ considered the brightest full moon of the year in some traditions ⓘ marks the end of monsoon season ⓘ marks the harvest season ⓘ
timeOfDay	celebrated at night ⓘ
typeOfWorship	bhakti (devotional worship) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited