Phalgu River

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The Phalgu River is a sacred river in the Indian state of Bihar, especially revered in the Magadh region and associated with important Hindu pilgrimage sites such as Gaya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Phalgu River canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
cityOnBank Gaya ⓘ
country India ⓘ
flowsIn eastern India ⓘ
flowsInDirection generally northward ⓘ
flowsThrough Gaya ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Lilajan River ⓘ
Mohana River ⓘ
hasBankFeature wide sandy bed near Gaya ⓘ
hasCulturalImportanceIn Bihar ⓘ
Magadh region ⓘ
hasEconomicUse sand extraction ⓘ
hasImportanceDuring Pitru Paksha fair at Gaya ⓘ
hasLocalName Falgu River ⓘ
hasMouthIn Ganges ⓘ
hasPilgrimageCenterOnBank Gaya ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Hindus ⓘ
hasSacredStatusIn Gaya ⓘ
hasSandBed yes ⓘ
hasSeasonalFlow true ⓘ
hasType perennial–seasonal mixed river ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Gaya pilgrimage ⓘ
Hindu pilgrimage ⓘ
Pind Daan rituals ⓘ
Pitru Paksha ⓘ
linked to: Pitra Paksha

Ramayana traditions ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
Vishnupad Temple ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
isLinkedTo afterlife rituals in Hinduism ⓘ
isMentionedIn Hindu legends ⓘ
isPartOf Ganges river basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
isRegardedAs holy river ⓘ
isSiteOf Pind Daan ceremonies ⓘ
Shraddha rituals ⓘ
isTributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
Magadh region ⓘ
oftenAppearsDry true ⓘ
region Magadh ⓘ
linked to: Magadha
religion Hinduism ⓘ
state Bihar ⓘ
usedFor cremation-related rites ⓘ
religious offerings ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Magadh region → river → Phalgu River ⓘ
Gaya → locatedOnRiver → Phalgu River ⓘ
Vishnupad Temple, Gaya → nearbyRiver → Phalgu River ⓘ
Gaya → locatedOnRiver → Phalgu River ⓘ
subject linked to: Gaya city