Belur Math
E103922
Belur Math is a monastery and temple complex on the banks of the Ganges near Kolkata, serving as the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belur Math canonical | 10 |
| Belur | 1 |
| Belur Math ghat | 1 |
| Belur Math shrine | 1 |
| Belur Math vicinity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874429 — 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: Belur Math Context triple: [Swami Vivekananda, headquartersFoundedAt, Belur Math]
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A.
Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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B.
Banke Bihari Temple
Banke Bihari Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to Lord Krishna in his child form, renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in North India.
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C.
Agra Fort
Agra Fort is a massive 16th-century Mughal fortress in Agra, India, renowned for its red sandstone architecture and historical significance as the main residence of the Mughal emperors.
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D.
Palitana temples
The Palitana temples are a renowned complex of hundreds of Jain temples atop Shatrunjaya Hill, revered as one of Jainism’s holiest pilgrimage sites.
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E.
Srirangapatna
Srirangapatna is a historic island town in Karnataka, India, renowned as the former capital of Tipu Sultan and the Mysore Kingdom.
- 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: Belur Math Target entity description: Belur Math is a monastery and temple complex on the banks of the Ganges near Kolkata, serving as the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda.
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A.
Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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B.
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a renowned complex of medieval Hindu and Jain temples in India, celebrated for their intricate Nagara-style architecture and exquisite erotic and mythological sculptures.
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C.
Banke Bihari Temple
Banke Bihari Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to Lord Krishna in his child form, renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in North India.
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D.
Agra Fort
Agra Fort is a massive 16th-century Mughal fortress in Agra, India, renowned for its red sandstone architecture and historical significance as the main residence of the Mughal emperors.
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E.
Palitana temples
The Palitana temples are a renowned complex of hundreds of Jain temples atop Shatrunjaya Hill, revered as one of Jainism’s holiest pilgrimage sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monastery
ⓘ
religious headquarters ⓘ temple complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| access |
accessible by ferry across the Hooghly River
ⓘ
connected by road from Kolkata ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Christian architecture
ⓘ
Hindu architecture ⓘ Islamic architecture ⓘ eclectic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sarada Devi
ⓘ
Sri Ramakrishna ⓘ Swami Brahmananda ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of harmony of religions ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Sarada Devi
ⓘ
Sri Ramakrishna ⓘ Swami Vivekananda ⓘ |
| designedBy | Swami Vijnanananda ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
headquarters of Ramakrishna Math
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headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Swami Vivekananda ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
propagation of teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
ⓘ
service activities through Ramakrishna Mission ⓘ spiritual training of monks ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Ramakrishna Math
ⓘ
Ramakrishna Math ⓘ
surface form:
Ramakrishna Mission
|
| headquartersOf |
Ramakrishna Math
ⓘ
Ramakrishna Math ⓘ
surface form:
Ramakrishna Mission
|
| locatedIn |
Belur
ⓘ
Howrah ⓘ
surface form:
Howrah district
|
| locatedNear |
Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| locatedOn |
Ganges
ⓘ
Hooghly River ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Samadhi shrines of direct disciples of Ramakrishna
ⓘ
main temple dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna ⓘ museum on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda movement ⓘ temple of Holy Mother Sarada Devi ⓘ temple of Swami Vivekananda ⓘ |
| purpose |
administrative center of Ramakrishna Order
ⓘ
monastic residence ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| region | eastern India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| state | West Bengal ⓘ |
| tradition |
Ramakrishna Math
ⓘ
surface form:
Ramakrishna Order
|
| visitorType |
pilgrims
ⓘ
spiritual seekers ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Belur Math Description of subject: Belur Math is a monastery and temple complex on the banks of the Ganges near Kolkata, serving as the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Belur
this entity surface form:
Belur Math vicinity
this entity surface form:
Belur Math shrine
this entity surface form:
Belur Math ghat
subject surface form:
Sarada Devi