Bhagwan Swaminarayan
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Hindu spiritual leader
central figure of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya
deity in Swaminarayan Hinduism
founder of religious movement
Bhagwan Swaminarayan was a 19th-century Hindu spiritual leader and reformer regarded by his followers as a manifestation of God and the central figure of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swaminarayan | 4 |
| Bhagwan Swaminarayan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5486169 — 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: Bhagwan Swaminarayan Context triple: [Swaminarayan temples, dedicatedTo, Bhagwan Swaminarayan]
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A.
Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya was a prominent 15th–16th century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Pushtimarg school of Vedanta, emphasizing loving devotion (bhakti) to Krishna.
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B.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a 16th-century Indian saint and founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, revered for his ecstatic devotion to Krishna and influential devotional interpretation of Vedanta.
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C.
Shri Nathji
Shri Nathji is a revered form of Lord Krishna, especially worshipped in the Pushtimarg tradition founded by Vallabhacharya.
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D.
Ramdas Swami
Ramdas Swami was a 17th-century Marathi saint, spiritual poet, and advisor to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, renowned for his devotional and philosophical writings.
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E.
Bhagwan Dattatreya
Bhagwan Dattatreya is a revered Hindu deity regarded as an incarnation embodying the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, and is especially associated with yoga, asceticism, and spiritual wisdom.
- 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: Bhagwan Swaminarayan Target entity description: Bhagwan Swaminarayan was a 19th-century Hindu spiritual leader and reformer regarded by his followers as a manifestation of God and the central figure of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
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A.
Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya was a prominent 15th–16th century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Pushtimarg school of Vedanta, emphasizing loving devotion (bhakti) to Krishna.
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B.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a 16th-century Indian saint and founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, revered for his ecstatic devotion to Krishna and influential devotional interpretation of Vedanta.
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C.
Shri Nathji
Shri Nathji is a revered form of Lord Krishna, especially worshipped in the Pushtimarg tradition founded by Vallabhacharya.
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D.
Ramdas Swami
Ramdas Swami was a 17th-century Marathi saint, spiritual poet, and advisor to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, renowned for his devotional and philosophical writings.
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E.
Bhagwan Dattatreya
Bhagwan Dattatreya is a revered Hindu deity regarded as an incarnation embodying the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, and is especially associated with yoga, asceticism, and spiritual wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu spiritual leader
ⓘ
central figure of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya ⓘ deity in Swaminarayan Hinduism ⓘ founder of religious movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nilkanth Varni
NERFINISHED
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Sahajanand Swami NERFINISHED ⓘ Shree Swaminarayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1781-04-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFigureOf | Swaminarayan Sampradaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1830-06-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gadhada, Gujarat, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established |
Swaminarayan mandirs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
temples in Gujarat ⓘ |
| father | Dharmadev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOf | Swaminarayan Sampradaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guru | Ramanand Swami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Bhagwan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swaminarayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ahmedabad Gadi
NERFINISHED
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BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha NERFINISHED ⓘ Vadtal Gadi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTeachings | Gujarati ⓘ |
| mother | Bhaktimata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Swaminarayan Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameAtBirth | Ghanshyam Pande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedPractice |
ahimsa
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celibacy for ascetics ⓘ daily worship ⓘ devotional singing ⓘ moral purity ⓘ vegetarianism ⓘ |
| reformFocus |
abolition of harmful customs
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ethical living ⓘ reduction of superstitions ⓘ social reform ⓘ women’s upliftment ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Gujarat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptureAssociated |
Shikshapatri
NERFINISHED
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Vachanamrut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ichcharam
NERFINISHED
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Rampratap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeeded | Ramanand Swami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookInitiationName | Sahajanand Swami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookRenunciationName | Nilkanth Varni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewedAsByFollowers |
manifestation of God
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supreme deity ⓘ |
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: Bhagwan Swaminarayan Description of subject: Bhagwan Swaminarayan was a 19th-century Hindu spiritual leader and reformer regarded by his followers as a manifestation of God and the central figure of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Swaminarayan
subject surface form:
Akshardham Temple (Delhi)
this entity surface form:
Swaminarayan
this entity surface form:
Swaminarayan
this entity surface form:
Swaminarayan