Puskarini (Sacred Pond)

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Buddhist pilgrimage site historic site religious site sacred pond

Puskarini (Sacred Pond) is a revered ancient pool in Lumbini, traditionally believed to be the place where Queen Maya Devi bathed before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) canonical	1
Puskarini (sacred pool)	1
Sacred Pool of Maya Devi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3477779 — 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: Puskarini (Sacred Pond)
Context triple: [Lumbini, hasLandmark, Puskarini (Sacred Pond)]

A. Kairavini Pushkarini
Kairavini Pushkarini is the sacred temple tank associated with the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, and is used for religious rituals and festivals.
B. Kusum Sarovar
Kusum Sarovar is a historic and scenic lakeside monument in the Braj region of India, revered for its association with Lord Krishna and its ornate sandstone architecture.
C. Vihar Lake
Vihar Lake is an artificial freshwater reservoir in Mumbai, India, that serves as one of the city’s important sources of drinking water and lies within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
D. Mahamaham
Mahamaham is a major Hindu festival held once every 12 years in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, drawing large pilgrim crowds for ritual bathing in the Mahamaham tank.
E. Brahma Sarovar
Brahma Sarovar is a large, sacred water tank in Kurukshetra, India, revered in Hindu tradition and associated with ancient religious rituals and pilgrimage.
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: Puskarini (Sacred Pond)
Target entity description: Puskarini (Sacred Pond) is a revered ancient pool in Lumbini, traditionally believed to be the place where Queen Maya Devi bathed before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.

A. Kairavini Pushkarini
Kairavini Pushkarini is the sacred temple tank associated with the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, and is used for religious rituals and festivals.
B. Kusum Sarovar
Kusum Sarovar is a historic and scenic lakeside monument in the Braj region of India, revered for its association with Lord Krishna and its ornate sandstone architecture.
C. Vihar Lake
Vihar Lake is an artificial freshwater reservoir in Mumbai, India, that serves as one of the city’s important sources of drinking water and lies within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
D. Mahamaham
Mahamaham is a major Hindu festival held once every 12 years in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, drawing large pilgrim crowds for ritual bathing in the Mahamaham tank.
E. Brahma Sarovar
Brahma Sarovar is a large, sacred water tank in Kurukshetra, India, revered in Hindu tradition and associated with ancient religious rituals and pilgrimage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ historic site ⓘ religious site ⓘ sacred pond ⓘ
adjacentTo	Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini ⓘ linked to: Maya Devi Temple
associatedTradition	Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
associatedWith	Gautama Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha Queen Maya Devi ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	birth narrative of the Buddha ⓘ
feature	rectangular pool ⓘ steps leading down to the water ⓘ still water surface ⓘ stone-lined edges ⓘ
governedBy	Lumbini Development Trust ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Puskarini Pond ⓘ Sacred Pond of Lumbini ⓘ Sacred Pool of Maya Devi ⓘ linked to: Puskarini (Sacred Pond)
hasLanguageName	Puskarini ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
includedIn	Lumbini Master Plan area ⓘ linked to: Lumbini Master Plan
locatedIn	Lumbini ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Nepal ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	Rupandehi District ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Lumbini Province ⓘ
near	Ashoka Pillar at Lumbini ⓘ linked to: Ashoka Pillar, Lumbini Marker Stone of Buddha’s birthplace ⓘ
partOf	Lumbini Sacred Garden ⓘ linked to: Sacred Pond of Lumbini Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
symbolism	purity ⓘ sacred water ⓘ spiritual rebirth ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
traditionalBelief	Queen Maya Devi bathed here before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ linked to: Queen Maya Devi Queen Maya Devi performed ritual purification here ⓘ linked to: Queen Maya Devi
usedFor	pilgrimage rituals ⓘ religious offerings ⓘ ritual bathing ⓘ
visitedBy	Buddhist pilgrims ⓘ Hindu pilgrims ⓘ international tourists ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lumbini → hasLandmark → Puskarini (Sacred Pond) ⓘ

Maya Devi Temple → nearbyFeature → Puskarini (sacred pool) ⓘ

linked to: Puskarini (Sacred Pond)

Puskarini (Sacred Pond) → hasAlternativeName → Sacred Pool of Maya Devi ⓘ