Arudra Darshan
E450853
Arudra Darshan is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, particularly celebrated in South India to honor his cosmic dance form, Nataraja.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arudra Darisanam | 2 |
| Arudra Darshan canonical | 2 |
| Great Night of Shiva | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4533517 — 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: Arudra Darshan Context triple: [Ramanathaswamy Temple, festival, Arudra Darshan]
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A.
Karthika Deepam
Karthika Deepam is a prominent Hindu festival, especially in South India, celebrated with rows of oil lamps and special worship of Lord Shiva and light.
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B.
Notturno indiano
Notturno indiano is a short, atmospheric novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that follows a man's nocturnal, dreamlike journey across India in search of a missing friend.
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C.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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D.
Vayam Rakshamah
Vayam Rakshamah is the Sanskrit motto of the Indian Coast Guard, meaning “We Protect” or “We Guard.”
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E.
Durgeshnandini
Durgeshnandini is a pioneering 19th-century Bengali historical novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of modern Bengali literature.
- 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: Arudra Darshan Target entity description: Arudra Darshan is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, particularly celebrated in South India to honor his cosmic dance form, Nataraja.
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A.
Karthika Deepam
Karthika Deepam is a prominent Hindu festival, especially in South India, celebrated with rows of oil lamps and special worship of Lord Shiva and light.
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B.
Notturno indiano
Notturno indiano is a short, atmospheric novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that follows a man's nocturnal, dreamlike journey across India in search of a missing friend.
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C.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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D.
Vayam Rakshamah
Vayam Rakshamah is the Sanskrit motto of the Indian Coast Guard, meaning “We Protect” or “We Guard.”
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E.
Durgeshnandini
Durgeshnandini is a pioneering 19th-century Bengali historical novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of modern Bengali literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
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religious observance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Arudra Darisanam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thiruvathirai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
Bharatanatyam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical Indian dance ⓘ |
| associatedCommunity | Shaivites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Ananda Tandava
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cosmic cycles of creation and dissolution ⓘ |
| associatedDeityForm | Nataraja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedNakshatra |
Ardra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thiruvathirai (Arudra) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTemple | Chidambaram Nataraja Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Tamil calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmicSymbolism |
Shiva as Lord of Dance
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Shiva’s role as creator, preserver, and destroyer through dance ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important Shaivite festival in Tamil tradition ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devotionalActivity |
dance offerings to Nataraja
ⓘ
fasting ⓘ night-long vigil in temples ⓘ recitation of hymns to Shiva ⓘ |
| festivalTheme |
divine dance
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grace of Shiva ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ |
| honors | cosmic dance of Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyRitual |
early morning temple rituals
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offering of special sweets ⓘ procession of Nataraja deity ⓘ special abhishekam to Nataraja ⓘ |
| languageContext | Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalTextUsed |
Tevaram hymns
NERFINISHED
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Thiruvempavai hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRegionOfCelebration |
Andhra Pradesh
NERFINISHED
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Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observanceTime | early hours of the morning ⓘ |
| observedIn | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInTamilMonth | Margazhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianMonth |
December
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January ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
Nataraja idol worship
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Shiva linga worship ⓘ |
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: Arudra Darshan Description of subject: Arudra Darshan is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, particularly celebrated in South India to honor his cosmic dance form, Nataraja.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Arudra Darisanam
this entity surface form:
Great Night of Shiva
this entity surface form:
Arudra Darisanam