Hindus
E754874
Hindus are followers of Hinduism, a major and ancient Indian religion characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and devotion to deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, and the Goddess.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hindus canonical | 41 |
| Hindu | 2 |
| North Indian Hindus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8739208 — 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: Hindus Context triple: [Radha Vallabh Temple, pilgrimageSiteFor, Hindus]
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A.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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B.
Indians
Indians is the nickname of the Swedish professional ice hockey club Frölunda HC, based in Gothenburg and competing in the country’s top league.
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C.
Indians
Indians are a diverse South Asian ethnic group originating primarily from the Indian subcontinent, known for their rich cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions and a widespread global diaspora.
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D.
Jains
Jains are followers of Jainism, an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as paths to spiritual liberation.
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E.
Brahmins
Brahmins are a traditional Hindu priestly and scholarly caste in the Indian subcontinent, historically associated with religious rituals, learning, and social leadership.
- 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: Hindus Target entity description: Hindus are followers of Hinduism, a major and ancient Indian religion characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and devotion to deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, and the Goddess.
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A.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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B.
Indians
Indians is the nickname of the Swedish professional ice hockey club Frölunda HC, based in Gothenburg and competing in the country’s top league.
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C.
Indians
Indians are a diverse South Asian ethnic group originating primarily from the Indian subcontinent, known for their rich cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions and a widespread global diaspora.
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D.
Jains
Jains are followers of Jainism, an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as paths to spiritual liberation.
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E.
Brahmins
Brahmins are a traditional Hindu priestly and scholarly caste in the Indian subcontinent, historically associated with religious rituals, learning, and social leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (87)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | religious community ⓘ |
| celebratesFestival |
Diwali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dussehra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganesh Chaturthi NERFINISHED ⓘ Holi NERFINISHED ⓘ Janmashtami NERFINISHED ⓘ Makar Sankranti NERFINISHED ⓘ Navaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
dharma
ⓘ
karma ⓘ moksha ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
| follows | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTradition |
Advaita Vedanta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dvaita NERFINISHED ⓘ Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Samkhya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaisheshika NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishishtadvaita NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageDiversity |
Bengali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gujarati NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ Odia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityPopulationIn | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesLifeCycleRite |
antyeshti
ⓘ
namakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ upanayana ⓘ vivaha ⓘ |
| originRegion | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| performsRitual |
aarti
ⓘ
puja ⓘ yajna ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSite |
Badrinath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haridwar NERFINISHED ⓘ Kedarnath NERFINISHED ⓘ Prayagraj NERFINISHED ⓘ Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ Rameswaram NERFINISHED ⓘ Tirupati NERFINISHED ⓘ Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | over one billion people ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sacredGeographyIncludes |
Ganges River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectIncludes |
Shaivas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaktas NERFINISHED ⓘ Smartas NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaishnavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPopulationIn |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritius NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructureIncludes |
various castes
ⓘ
various sects ⓘ |
| usesScripture |
Bhagavad Gita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipsDeity |
Devi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durga NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganesha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kali NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakshmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ Saraswati NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Hindus Description of subject: Hindus are followers of Hinduism, a major and ancient Indian religion characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and devotion to deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, and the Goddess.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manjeshwar
this entity surface form:
Hindu
subject surface form:
Amarkantak
this entity surface form:
North Indian Hindus
subject surface form:
Chaitra
this entity surface form:
Hindu