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Makara

mythical hybrid creatures common in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temple arts
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Makara

Summary

Makara is a mythical creature[1]. Makara draws 286 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_creature category, ranking #46 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • Makara is in the country of India[3].
  • Makara's image is recorded as An Amalgamation of Wonder.JPG[4].
  • Makara's image is recorded as Makara face at Konark temple 01.jpg[5].
  • Makara's instance of is recorded as mythical creature[6].
  • Makara's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2020068587[7].
  • Makara's part of is recorded as Hindu mythology[8].
  • Makara's Commons category is recorded as Makara[9].
  • Makara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dsj5r[10].
  • Makara's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/makara[11].
  • Makara's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901000386[12].

Why It Matters

Makara draws 286 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_creature category, ranking #46 of 263).[2] Makara has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Makara is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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