Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata
E56703
The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata is the global headquarters of the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa and the site of her tomb, attracting pilgrims and visitors from around the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata canonical | 2 |
| Missionaries of Charity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452066 — 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: Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata Context triple: [Mother Teresa, burialPlace, Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata]
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A.
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata is a prominent 19th-century Anglican cathedral renowned for its Indo-Gothic architecture and status as a major Christian landmark in eastern India.
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B.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family in Kolkata, renowned as the birthplace and early home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and a major center of Bengal’s cultural and literary renaissance.
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Sabarmati Ashram
Sabarmati Ashram is a historic riverside retreat in Ahmedabad, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s base for many key activities of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Fort William, Kolkata
Fort William, Kolkata is a historic 18th-century fort on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River that now serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- 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: Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata Target entity description: The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata is the global headquarters of the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa and the site of her tomb, attracting pilgrims and visitors from around the world.
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A.
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata is a prominent 19th-century Anglican cathedral renowned for its Indo-Gothic architecture and status as a major Christian landmark in eastern India.
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B.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family in Kolkata, renowned as the birthplace and early home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and a major center of Bengal’s cultural and literary renaissance.
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C.
Sabarmati Ashram
Sabarmati Ashram is a historic riverside retreat in Ahmedabad, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s base for many key activities of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Fort William, Kolkata
Fort William, Kolkata is a historic 18th-century fort on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River that now serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
convent
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ religious headquarters ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| associatedPerson |
Missionaries of Charity sisters
ⓘ
linked to:
Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Missionaries of Charity sisters
ⓘ
linked to:
Missionaries of Charity
Roman Catholic religious sisters ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf | Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | central Kolkata ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| foundedFor | service to the poorest of the poor through the Missionaries of Charity ⓘ |
| founder | Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| globalRole | central house of an international religious congregation ⓘ |
| hasChapel | yes ⓘ |
| hasRelicOrMemorial | Mother Teresa’s tomb and memorial room ⓘ |
| hasTombOf | Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| headquartersOf | Missionaries of Charity ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | site of Mother Teresa’s tomb ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attracting pilgrims from around the world
ⓘ
being the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity ⓘ containing the tomb of Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
West Bengal ⓘ |
| notableBurial | Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| pilgrimageDestination | yes ⓘ |
| pilgrimageReason |
connection with the Missionaries of Charity’s founding
ⓘ
veneration of Mother Teresa ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
administrative center of the Missionaries of Charity
ⓘ
residence for Missionaries of Charity sisters ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | place of prayer and community life for the Missionaries of Charity ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Missionaries of Charity ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Catholicism ⓘ |
| spiritualSignificance | center of the Missionaries of Charity’s spiritual life ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| visitorsAllowed | yes ⓘ |
| visitorType |
pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata Description of subject: The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata is the global headquarters of the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa and the site of her tomb, attracting pilgrims and visitors from around the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.