Mahendragiri

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Mahendragiri is a revered mountain in the Eastern Ghats of India, celebrated in Hindu tradition as a sacred site associated with the sage-warrior Parashurama and various mythological events.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mahendragiri canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
access approached via roads from nearby towns ⓘ
reachable by trekking trails ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Lord Rama ⓘ
Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to: Shiva

Parashurama ⓘ
belongsTo Indian Eastern Ghats biogeographic zone ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Ghats
biodiversity Eastern Ghats flora and fauna ⓘ
climate tropical with cooler temperatures at higher elevation ⓘ
conservationStatus part of ecologically sensitive Eastern Ghats region ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important pilgrimage site in Odisha ⓘ
site for annual religious festivals ⓘ
elevation about 1501 metres ⓘ
about 4925 feet ⓘ
etymology name linked to mythological king Mahendra or Indra ⓘ
governedBy Government of Odisha ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mahendra Giri ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude approximately 18.94 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude approximately 84.28 E ⓘ
hasFeature dense forests ⓘ
hilltop meadows ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ
hasFestival Mahendragiri Mela ⓘ
hasMythologicalAssociation Pandavas are believed to have visited Mahendragiri during exile ⓘ
Parashurama is believed to have lived on Mahendragiri ⓘ
Parashurama performed penance at Mahendragiri ⓘ
hasTemple Parashurama temple ⓘ
linked to: Parshuram temple

Shiva temples ⓘ
temples dedicated to Pandavas ⓘ
isSacredTo Hindus ⓘ
localCommunity visited by local tribal communities ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Ghats ⓘ
Gajapati district ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
mentionedIn Hindu mythology ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
nearbyTown Berhampur ⓘ
Paralakhemundi ⓘ
partOf Eastern Ghats mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Ghats
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spiritualPractice site for meditation and penance ⓘ
tourismType nature tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
viewOf Bay of Bengal from certain points ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Parashurama → ashramLocationTradition → Mahendragiri ⓘ
LPSC Mahendragiri → locatedIn → Mahendragiri ⓘ
ISRO Propulsion Complex → locatedIn → Mahendragiri ⓘ