Esala Perahera
E275320
Esala Perahera is a grand annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka, famed for its elaborately decorated elephants, traditional dancers, and veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Esala Perahera canonical | 5 |
| Esala Perahera festival | 2 |
| Esala Festival | 1 |
| Esala month (July–August) | 1 |
| Esala procession | 1 |
| Kandy Esala Festival | 1 |
| Natha Devale Perahera | 1 |
| Navam Perahera | 1 |
| Randoli Perahera | 1 |
| Vishnu Devale Perahera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2518889 — 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: Esala Perahera Context triple: [Sinhalese people, traditionalFestivals, Esala Perahera]
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A.
Chithirai Festival
Chithirai Festival is a major annual Hindu festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, celebrating the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar with grand processions and temple rituals.
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B.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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C.
Vesak
Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.
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D.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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E.
Durbar festival
The Durbar festival is a grand traditional celebration in Northern Nigeria featuring colorful horse parades, displays of horsemanship, and royal pageantry held to mark important religious and state occasions.
- 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: Esala Perahera Target entity description: Esala Perahera is a grand annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka, famed for its elaborately decorated elephants, traditional dancers, and veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
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A.
Chithirai Festival
Chithirai Festival is a major annual Hindu festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, celebrating the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar with grand processions and temple rituals.
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B.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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C.
Vesak
Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.
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D.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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E.
Durbar festival
The Durbar festival is a grand traditional celebration in Northern Nigeria featuring colorful horse parades, displays of horsemanship, and royal pageantry held to mark important religious and state occasions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist religious procession
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedDeityProcession |
Kataragama
ⓘ
surface form:
Kataragama Devale Perahera
Esala Perahera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Natha Devale Perahera
Pattini Devale Perahera ⓘ Esala Perahera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Vishnu Devale Perahera
|
| associatedTemple |
Sri Dalada Maligawa complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Dalada Maligawa
Temple of the Tooth ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Esala Perahera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandy Esala Festival
|
| audience |
international visitors
ⓘ
local devotees ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | Sinhalese lunar calendar ⓘ |
| carries | golden casket symbolizing the Sacred Tooth Relic ⓘ |
| city | Kandy ⓘ |
| concludingRitual | Diya Kepeema ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major symbol of Sinhalese Buddhist heritage ⓘ |
| danceTradition | Kandyan dance ⓘ |
| features |
Kandyan dance
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandyan dancers
drummers ⓘ elaborately decorated elephants ⓘ processional caskets representing the Tooth Relic ⓘ torch bearers ⓘ traditional dancers ⓘ whip crackers ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered one of the oldest Buddhist processions in the world ⓘ |
| lighting | traditional flaming torches ⓘ |
| mainElephantRole | Maligawa Tusker ⓘ |
| mainProcessionPhase |
Esala Perahera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Randoli Perahera
|
| mainVeneration | Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ |
| musicTradition |
Kandyan dance
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandyan drumming
|
| nameLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Esala Perahera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Esala procession
|
| organizingBody |
Kandy Devale authorities
ⓘ
Temple of the Tooth administration ⓘ |
| preliminaryRitual |
Kap Situveema
ⓘ
Pattini Devale Perahera ⓘ
surface form:
Kumbal Perahera
|
| processionType | night procession ⓘ |
| province | Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| purpose |
to invoke blessings for fertility
ⓘ
to invoke blessings for prosperity ⓘ to invoke blessings for rain ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| tourismSignificance | major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| typicalMonth |
August
ⓘ
July ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Esala Perahera Description of subject: Esala Perahera is a grand annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka, famed for its elaborately decorated elephants, traditional dancers, and veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Esala Perahera festival
this entity surface form:
Esala month (July–August)
this entity surface form:
Navam Perahera
this entity surface form:
Esala procession
this entity surface form:
Natha Devale Perahera
this entity surface form:
Vishnu Devale Perahera
this entity surface form:
Randoli Perahera
this entity surface form:
Kandy Esala Festival
this entity surface form:
Esala Festival