Kataragama

E342153
pilgrimage site religious site town

Kataragama is a renowned multi-religious pilgrimage town in Sri Lanka, sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and indigenous Vedda people.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kataragama canonical 3
Kataragama Temple 3
Kataragama Devale Perahera 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Prince Dutugemunu ⓘ
surface form: King Dutugemunu

Mahavamsa ⓘ
surface form: Mahavamsa chronicles

Kingdom of Ruhuna ⓘ
surface form: Ruhuna Kingdom
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance national pilgrimage center of Sri Lanka ⓘ
symbol of interfaith harmony in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasDeity Kataragama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kataragama deviyo

Murugan ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ
surface form: Skanda

Subramanya ⓘ
surface form: Subrahmanya
hasEthnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Vedda people ⓘ
hasFestival Esala Perahera ⓘ
surface form: Esala Festival

Kataragama Perahera ⓘ
hasLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Sri Lankan Malay ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
hasRiver Menik Ganga ⓘ
hasShrine Kiri Vehera ⓘ
hasStructure Buddhist temples ⓘ
Kataragama Hindu shrines ⓘ
Kataragama Mosque ⓘ
Vedda shrines ⓘ
hasTemple Kataragama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kataragama Temple
knownFor annual festival ⓘ
body piercing rituals ⓘ
fire-walking rituals ⓘ
multi-religious worship ⓘ
perahera ⓘ
locatedIn Monaragala District ⓘ
Uva Province ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Yala National Park ⓘ
nearbyTown Tissamaharama ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason August ⓘ
July ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous Vedda religion ⓘ
sacredTo Buddhists ⓘ
Hindus ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
Vedda people ⓘ
tourismType religious tourism ⓘ
transportAccess A2 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A4 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → containsTown → Kataragama ⓘ
Skanda Sashti → majorTempleCelebration → Kataragama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kataragama Temple
Subramanya → importantTemple → Kataragama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kataragama Temple
Esala Perahera → associatedDeityProcession → Kataragama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kataragama Devale Perahera
Tissamaharama → nearbyCity → Kataragama ⓘ
Yala National Park → nearestCity → Kataragama ⓘ
Kataragama → hasTemple → Kataragama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kataragama Temple
Kataragama → hasDeity → Kataragama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kataragama deviyo