Paonta Sahib

E360515

Sikh pilgrimage site town

Paonta Sahib is a historic town in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned as an important Sikh pilgrimage site associated with Guru Gobind Singh and situated along the Yamuna River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Paonta Sahib canonical	5
Gurdwara Paonta Sahib	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3465552 — 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: Paonta Sahib
Context triple: [Simbalbara National Park, nearestTown, Paonta Sahib]

A. Chamkaur
Chamkaur is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as the site of the Battle of Chamkaur where Guru Gobind Singh and his followers fought the Mughal forces.
B. Khadur Sahib
Khadur Sahib is a historic town in Punjab, India, revered as an important Sikh religious center closely associated with Guru Angad Dev Ji.
C. Pakka Qila
Pakka Qila is a historic fortified complex in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, known for its Mughal-era architecture and significant role in the region’s cultural and political history.
D. Anandpur Sahib
Anandpur Sahib is a historic Sikh city in Punjab, India, renowned as the birthplace of the Khalsa and a major center of Sikh faith and heritage.
E. Kangra Fort
Kangra Fort is an ancient hilltop fortress in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned as one of the oldest and largest forts in the Himalayas and a major historical and architectural landmark near Dharamshala.
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: Paonta Sahib
Target entity description: Paonta Sahib is a historic town in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned as an important Sikh pilgrimage site associated with Guru Gobind Singh and situated along the Yamuna River.

A. Chamkaur
Chamkaur is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as the site of the Battle of Chamkaur where Guru Gobind Singh and his followers fought the Mughal forces.
B. Khadur Sahib
Khadur Sahib is a historic town in Punjab, India, revered as an important Sikh religious center closely associated with Guru Angad Dev Ji.
C. Pakka Qila
Pakka Qila is a historic fortified complex in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, known for its Mughal-era architecture and significant role in the region’s cultural and political history.
D. Anandpur Sahib
Anandpur Sahib is a historic Sikh city in Punjab, India, renowned as the birthplace of the Khalsa and a major center of Sikh faith and heritage.
E. Kangra Fort
Kangra Fort is an ancient hilltop fortress in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned as one of the oldest and largest forts in the Himalayas and a major historical and architectural landmark near Dharamshala.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sikh pilgrimage site ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeStatus	municipal council ⓘ
associatedWith	Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
borderRiverRole	Yamuna River forms boundary between Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand near Paonta Sahib ⓘ linked to: Yamuna River basin
climate	subtropical climate ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
district	Sirmaur district ⓘ
governingBody	Paonta Sahib Municipal Council ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ trade ⓘ
hasGurdwara	Gurdwara Paonta Sahib ⓘ linked to: Paonta Sahib
hasLanguage	Hindi ⓘ Pahari (local dialects) ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ
hasStructure	Gurdwara Sri Paonta Sahib complex ⓘ
historicalAssociation	Guru Gobind Singh’s stay and literary activities ⓘ
knownFor	Gurdwara Paonta Sahib ⓘ linked to: Paonta Sahib historic Sikh heritage ⓘ location on the Yamuna River ⓘ
locatedIn	Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInDivision	Shimla division ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Yamuna River ⓘ linked to: Yamuna
namedAfter	Guru Gobind Singh’s ‘paonta’ (footprint) legend ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Uttarakhand ⓘ
nearbyCity	Dehradun ⓘ Yamunanagar ⓘ
nearbyState	Uttarakhand ⓘ
partOf	Shivalik foothills region ⓘ linked to: Shivalik Hills
pilgrimageActivity	visited by Sikhs from India and abroad ⓘ
region	North India ⓘ linked to: northern India
religiousFestivalsObserved	Baisakhi ⓘ linked to: Vaisakhi Gurpurabs of Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
religiousSiteType	Takht-associated gurdwara (historical) ⓘ
religiousTradition	Sikhism ⓘ
roadConnection	connected by road to Dehradun ⓘ connected by road to Nahan ⓘ connected by road to Yamunanagar ⓘ
significance	important Sikh pilgrimage site ⓘ
state	Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
timezone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
utcOffset	+05:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Simbalbara National Park → nearestTown → Paonta Sahib ⓘ

Simbalbara National Park → accessByRoadFrom → Paonta Sahib ⓘ

Battle of Bhangani → associatedPlace → Paonta Sahib ⓘ

Sirmour district → hasSettlement → Paonta Sahib ⓘ

Sirmour district → legislativeAssemblyConstituency → Paonta Sahib ⓘ

Paonta Sahib → hasGurdwara → Gurdwara Paonta Sahib ⓘ

linked to: Paonta Sahib

Paonta Sahib → knownFor → Gurdwara Paonta Sahib ⓘ