Braj

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cultural region religious region

Braj is a culturally significant region in northern India traditionally associated with the life and legends of the Hindu deity Krishna.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
religious region →
associatedWithDeity Krishna →
associatedWithFestival Govardhan Puja →
Holi →
Janmashtami →
Radhashtami →
associatedWithFigure Radha →
gopis →
associatedWithLegend Krishna’s childhood →
Krishna’s cowherd pastimes →
Rasa Lila with gopis →
surface form: "Rasa Lila of Krishna"
centralCity Mathura →
containsCity Mathura →
containsRiver Yamuna River NERFINISHED →
containsTown Barsana →
Gokul →
Govardhan →
Kusum Sarovar →
Nandgaon →
Radha Kund →
Vrindavan →
country India →
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Vaishnavism →
hasCulturalTradition Braj folk dance →
Braj folk songs →
Krishna bhakti music →
Rasa Lila performance →
hasSacredLandscapeConcept Vraja Mandala →
historicalRegionOf Alwar district →
Bharatpur →
surface form: "Bharatpur district"

Faridabad district →
Mathura district →
Palwal district →
importantFor Gaudiya Vaishnavism →
Nimbarka Sampradaya →
Pushtimarg →
Vallabha Sampradaya →
locatedIn northern India →
majorPilgrimageCenter Barsana →
Govardhan →
Vrindavan →
namedAfter Braj Bhasha →
partlyInState Haryana →
Rajasthan →
Uttar Pradesh →
pilgrimageCircuit 84-kos parikrama →
religion Hinduism →
traditionalLanguage Braj Bhasha →

Referenced by (5)

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

subject surface form: "Northern India"
Rajputs → language → Braj →