Panguni Uttiram

E330963

Hindu festival Tamil festival

Panguni Uttiram is a major Tamil Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Panguni, especially in temples like Srirangam, marking divine marriages and associated with devotion to deities such as Vishnu and Murugan.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Panguni Uthiram	11
Panguni Brahmotsavam	4
Panguni Uthiram festival	2
Panguni Uttiram canonical	2
Panguni Peruvizha	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3152163 — 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: Panguni Uttiram
Context triple: [Srirangam, hasFestival, Panguni Uttiram]

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.
B. Kaanum Pongal
Kaanum Pongal is the fourth and final day of the Tamil harvest festival Pongal, marked by family outings, social visits, and thanksgiving for prosperity.
C. Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
D. Pongal
Pongal is a major South Indian harvest festival, especially celebrated in Tamil Nadu, that honors the sun god and marks the season of abundance with traditional rituals, feasts, and community gatherings.
E. Onam
Onam is a major annual harvest and cultural festival of Kerala, celebrated with elaborate feasts, traditional dances, boat races, and floral decorations.
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: Panguni Uttiram
Target entity description: Panguni Uttiram is a major Tamil Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Panguni, especially in temples like Srirangam, marking divine marriages and associated with devotion to deities such as Vishnu and Murugan.

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.
B. Kaanum Pongal
Kaanum Pongal is the fourth and final day of the Tamil harvest festival Pongal, marked by family outings, social visits, and thanksgiving for prosperity.
C. Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
D. Pongal
Pongal is a major South Indian harvest festival, especially celebrated in Tamil Nadu, that honors the sun god and marks the season of abundance with traditional rituals, feasts, and community gatherings.
E. Onam
Onam is a major annual harvest and cultural festival of Kerala, celebrated with elaborate feasts, traditional dances, boat races, and floral decorations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ Tamil festival ⓘ
approxGregorianMonth	March–April ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	fulfilment of vows ⓘ marital harmony ⓘ spiritual union ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Andal ⓘ Devasena ⓘ Sri (Lakshmi) ⓘ surface form: Lakshmi Murugan ⓘ Goddess Gauri ⓘ surface form: Parvati Ranganatha ⓘ Shiva ⓘ Valli ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithTemple	Palani Murugan Temple ⓘ Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam ⓘ surface form: Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple Tiruttani Murugan Temple ⓘ surface form: Thiruthani Murugan Temple Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tiruvannamalai ⓘ surface form: Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar Temple Thiruchendur Murugan Temple ⓘ surface form: Tiruchendur Murugan Temple
astronomicalBasis	Uttar Falguni ⓘ surface form: Uttiram (Uttara Phalguni) nakshatra full moon in Panguni ⓘ
calendarSystem	Tamil calendar ⓘ
celebratedInMonth	Panguni ⓘ
culture	Tamil culture ⓘ
devoteePractice	carrying kavadi in some regions ⓘ fasting ⓘ pilgrimage to Murugan temples ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
marksEvent	celestial marriages of deities ⓘ marriage of Murugan and Devasena ⓘ marriage of Murugan and Valli ⓘ marriage of Ranganatha and Andal ⓘ marriage of Shiva and Parvati ⓘ
observanceType	religious festival ⓘ temple festival ⓘ
observedInRegion	Puducherry ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tamil diaspora ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
ritual	processions of deities ⓘ special pujas ⓘ vows and offerings by devotees ⓘ wedding re-enactment of deities ⓘ
theme	devotion ⓘ divine marriage ⓘ family harmony ⓘ fertility ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Srirangam → hasFestival → Panguni Uttiram ⓘ

Kapaleeshwarar Temple → associatedWithFestival → Panguni Uttiram ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panguni Peruvizha

Murugan → festival → Panguni Uttiram ⓘ