Modhera Sun Temple
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Modhera Sun Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple in Gujarat, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone architecture and dedication to the solar deity Surya.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modhera Sun Temple canonical | 3 |
| Sun Temple, Modhera | 2 |
| Sun Temple at Modhera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4513846 — 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: Modhera Sun Temple Context triple: [Surya, majorTemple, Modhera Sun Temple]
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A.
Durgiana Temple
Durgiana Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Amritsar, Punjab, known for its gold-topped architecture and sacred lake, often compared to the Golden Temple.
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B.
Khereshwar Temple
Khereshwar Temple is a Hindu temple and local pilgrimage site located in the city of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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C.
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple is a revered Hindu shrine in Madhya Pradesh dedicated to Lord Shiva, recognized as one of the twelve sacred Jyotirlingas.
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D.
Sun Temple
Sun Temple is an ancient ceremonial and architectural complex built by the Ancestral Puebloans, notable for its D-shaped layout and enigmatic purpose within the Mesa Verde cliff-dwelling region.
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E.
Somnath Temple
Somnath Temple is an ancient and highly revered Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned as one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines and a major pilgrimage site on India’s western coast.
- 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: Modhera Sun Temple Target entity description: Modhera Sun Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple in Gujarat, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone architecture and dedication to the solar deity Surya.
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A.
Durgiana Temple
Durgiana Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Amritsar, Punjab, known for its gold-topped architecture and sacred lake, often compared to the Golden Temple.
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B.
Khereshwar Temple
Khereshwar Temple is a Hindu temple and local pilgrimage site located in the city of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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C.
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple is a revered Hindu shrine in Madhya Pradesh dedicated to Lord Shiva, recognized as one of the twelve sacred Jyotirlingas.
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D.
Sun Temple
Sun Temple is an ancient ceremonial and architectural complex built by the Ancestral Puebloans, notable for its D-shaped layout and enigmatic purpose within the Mesa Verde cliff-dwelling region.
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E.
Somnath Temple
Somnath Temple is an ancient and highly revered Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned as one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines and a major pilgrimage site on India’s western coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cultural heritage site
ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ Sun temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Maru-Gurjara architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Surya cult
ⓘ
solar worship ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Bhima I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaulukya rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInPeriodOf | Chaulukya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| district | Mehsana district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| facingDirection | east ⓘ |
| festivalCelebrated |
Modhera Dance Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uttarardh Mahotsav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCarvingsOf |
Mahabharata scenes
ⓘ
Ramayana scenes ⓘ erotic sculptures ⓘ various Hindu deities ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Gudhamandapa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabhamandapa NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya Kund NERFINISHED ⓘ shikhara (now ruined) ⓘ stepped tank ⓘ torana arches ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| lightingFeature | night illumination for tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gujarat
ⓘ
India ⓘ Mehsana district NERFINISHED ⓘ Modhera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | sandstone ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Ahmedabad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mehsana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
architectural alignment with the sun
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elaborate stepwell tank ⓘ intricate sandstone carvings ⓘ sculptures of Hindu deities ⓘ |
| orientationFeature | designed so that the first rays of the sun illuminate the deity ⓘ |
| periodOfCompletion | early 11th century ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| state | Gujarat ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
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: Modhera Sun Temple Description of subject: Modhera Sun Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple in Gujarat, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone architecture and dedication to the solar deity Surya.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Surya
this entity surface form:
Sun Temple, Modhera
this entity surface form:
Sun Temple at Modhera
this entity surface form:
Sun Temple, Modhera