Uttarkashi
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Uttarkashi is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known as a gateway to several Himalayan pilgrim sites and trekking routes along the upper Ganges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uttarkashi canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5779458 — 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: Uttarkashi Context triple: [Gangotri National Park, nearestTown, Uttarkashi]
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A.
Mukteshwar
Mukteshwar is a scenic hill town in Uttarakhand, India, known for its panoramic Himalayan views, fruit orchards, and tranquil forests.
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B.
Yamunotri
Yamunotri is a revered Hindu pilgrimage site in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India, known as one of the Char Dham and the high-altitude temple area associated with the origin of the Yamuna River.
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C.
Kedarnath town
Kedarnath town is a small Himalayan settlement in Uttarakhand, India, serving as a major Hindu pilgrimage center and gateway to the revered Kedarnath Temple.
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D.
Kailashahar
Kailashahar is a town in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, known historically as a former capital of the princely kingdom of Tripura and now an important local administrative and cultural center.
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E.
Baijnath
Baijnath is a historic town in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned for its ancient Shiva temple and scenic Himalayan surroundings.
- 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: Uttarkashi Target entity description: Uttarkashi is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known as a gateway to several Himalayan pilgrim sites and trekking routes along the upper Ganges.
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A.
Mukteshwar
Mukteshwar is a scenic hill town in Uttarakhand, India, known for its panoramic Himalayan views, fruit orchards, and tranquil forests.
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B.
Yamunotri
Yamunotri is a revered Hindu pilgrimage site in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India, known as one of the Char Dham and the high-altitude temple area associated with the origin of the Yamuna River.
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C.
Kedarnath town
Kedarnath town is a small Himalayan settlement in Uttarakhand, India, serving as a major Hindu pilgrimage center and gateway to the revered Kedarnath Temple.
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D.
Kailashahar
Kailashahar is a town in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, known historically as a former capital of the princely kingdom of Tripura and now an important local administrative and cultural center.
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E.
Baijnath
Baijnath is a historic town in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned for its ancient Shiva temple and scenic Himalayan surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Uttarkashi Nagar Palika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| connectedByHighway | National Highway to Gangotri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1150 metres
ⓘ
approximately 3770 feet ⓘ |
| governingBody | Uttarkashi Municipal Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Nehru Institute of Mountaineering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyGlacier | Gangotri Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPeak |
Bandarpoonch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swargarohini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPilgrimageSite |
Gangotri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yamunotri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTrek |
Dayara Bugyal trek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dodital trek NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaumukh trek NERFINISHED ⓘ Har Ki Dun trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 249 ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Bhagirathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Uttarkashi)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shakti Temple (Uttarkashi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistrictHeadquartersOf | Uttarkashi district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Himalayan pilgrim sites gateway
ⓘ
mountain trekking ⓘ proximity to Gangotri ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ temples ⓘ trekking routes along upper Ganges ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Garhwal region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttarkashi district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerState | Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Bhagirathi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Dehradun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rishikesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Garhwali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| region | Northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionDominant | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Ganges basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateCapitalOf | Uttarkashi district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transport |
road connectivity to Dehradun
ⓘ
road connectivity to Rishikesh ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Uttarkashi Description of subject: Uttarkashi is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known as a gateway to several Himalayan pilgrim sites and trekking routes along the upper Ganges.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.