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ghanta

ritual bell used in Hinduistic religious practices
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ghanta

Summary

ghanta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ghanta is a type of glockenspiel[2].
  • ghanta is a type of individual clapper bell[3].
  • ghanta's Commons category is recorded as Dril-bu[4].
  • ghanta's native label is recorded as घण्टा[5].
  • ghanta's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 111.242.122[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include glockenspiel[2] and individual clapper bell[3].

Why It Matters

ghanta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).[1] ghanta has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] ghanta is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · ~2026-50126-34 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Ghanta2.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Musical instruments in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum - DSC03887.JPG"
  2. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → glockenspiel, individual clapper bell
    Biblissima authority id → Excelsior
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q298321, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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