Sagar Island

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Sagar Island is a large inhabited riverine island at the mouth of the Ganges in West Bengal, India, known as a major Hindu pilgrimage site for the annual Gangasagar Mela.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sagar Island canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage site
inhabited place
river island
accessMethod road and ferry from mainland West Bengal
administrativeStatus part of Sagar Community Development Block
country India
countrySubdivision state of West Bengal
distanceFromKolkata about 100 kilometers south
governingBody Government of West Bengal NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice annual Gangasagar fair
hasEvent Gangasagar Mela NERFINISHED
hasMajorSettlement Gangasagar NERFINISHED
Sagar NERFINISHED
hasReligiousStructure ashrams and dharamshalas for pilgrims
hasShrine Kapil Muni Temple NERFINISHED
hasTemple Kapil Muni Temple NERFINISHED
hasTransportInfrastructure Sagar Island ferry services
roads connecting to Kakdwip and Namkhana ferries
knownFor Gangasagar Mela NERFINISHED
Hindu pilgrimage
confluence of Ganga and Bay of Bengal
language Bengali
locatedAtMouthOf Ganges River NERFINISHED
locatedIn South 24 Parganas district NERFINISHED
West Bengal
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sagar CD block NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater Ganges River delta NERFINISHED
locatedInClimateZone tropical monsoon climate
locatedInCountryRegion eastern India
locatedInRegion Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
locatedNear Kakdwip NERFINISHED
Kolkata NERFINISHED
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
partOf Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta NERFINISHED
Sundarbans region (broad geographic sense) NERFINISHED
pilgrimageActivity holy dip at Ganga Sagar confluence
pilgrimageSeason around Makar Sankranti
religionSignificance Hinduism NERFINISHED
state West Bengal
subjectTo coastal erosion
cyclones
flooding
timeZone Indian Standard Time
UTCOffset +5:30

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Instruction
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sagar Island
Description of subject: Sagar Island is a large inhabited riverine island at the mouth of the Ganges in West Bengal, India, known as a major Hindu pilgrimage site for the annual Gangasagar Mela.

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South 24 Parganas district contains Sagar Island