Murugan
E111277
Murugan is a prominent Hindu deity of war and victory, especially revered in South India and Sri Lanka, often depicted as a youthful god with a spear and associated with wisdom and valor.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murugan canonical | 39 |
| Lord Murugan | 7 |
| Lord Subramanya | 1 |
| Murugan (deity) | 1 |
| Shanmuga | 1 |
| Subrahmanya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T923537 — 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.
Target entity: Murugan Context triple: [Shiva, fatherOf, Murugan]
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A.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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B.
Shravikas
Shravikas are lay followers in Jainism who observe religious duties and ethical principles while living a household life outside the monastic order.
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C.
Swami
Swami is a Hindu honorific title denoting a religious teacher or monk who has taken vows of renunciation and spiritual discipline.
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D.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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E.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Murugan Target entity description: Murugan is a prominent Hindu deity of war and victory, especially revered in South India and Sri Lanka, often depicted as a youthful god with a spear and associated with wisdom and valor.
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A.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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B.
Shravikas
Shravikas are lay followers in Jainism who observe religious duties and ethical principles while living a household life outside the monastic order.
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C.
Swami
Swami is a Hindu honorific title denoting a religious teacher or monk who has taken vows of renunciation and spiritual discipline.
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D.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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E.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
deity of victory ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Tamil identity
ⓘ
destruction of evil forces ⓘ protection of devotees ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tamil
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil language
Tamil literature ⓘ mountains ⓘ valor ⓘ victory ⓘ war ⓘ wisdom ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| culture | Tamil Hinduism ⓘ |
| festival |
Panguni Uttiram
ⓘ
surface form:
Panguni Uthiram
Skanda Sashti ⓘ Thaipusam ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
peacock mount
ⓘ
rooster emblem ⓘ six faces ⓘ youthful appearance ⓘ |
| majorRegionOfWorship |
Andhra Pradesh
ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South India ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Tamil communities
Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| majorTemple |
Batu Caves
ⓘ
surface form:
Batu Caves Murugan Temple
Palani Murugan Temple ⓘ Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple ⓘ Swamimalai Murugan Temple ⓘ Thiruchendur ⓘ
surface form:
Thiruchendur Murugan Temple
Tiruttani Murugan Temple ⓘ |
| otherName |
Kartikeya
ⓘ
Kumara ⓘ Shanmukha ⓘ Kartikeya ⓘ
surface form:
Skanda
Subramanya ⓘ
surface form:
Subrahmanya
|
| parent |
Goddess Gauri
ⓘ
surface form:
Parvati
Shiva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sibling | Ganesha ⓘ |
| spouse |
Devasena
ⓘ
Valli ⓘ |
| symbol |
rooster
ⓘ
vel ⓘ |
| vahana | peacock ⓘ |
| weapon |
spear
ⓘ
vel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Murugan Description of subject: Murugan is a prominent Hindu deity of war and victory, especially revered in South India and Sri Lanka, often depicted as a youthful god with a spear and associated with wisdom and valor.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.