Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple
E516619
Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple is a major ancient Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a key center of Saivite worship and Nayanar devotional tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur | 2 |
| Thyagaraja Temple | 1 |
| Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5248351 — 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: Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple Context triple: [Nayanars, associatedWithTempleTradition, Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple]
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A.
Adikesava Perumal Temple
Adikesava Perumal Temple is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located in Sriperumbudur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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B.
Rajagopalaswamy Temple
Rajagopalaswamy Temple is a historic Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Krishna in his Rajagopala (cowherd king) form and noted for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu), renowned as one of the largest functioning temple complexes in the world and a key Vaishnavite pilgrimage center in South India.
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D.
Chidambaram Nataraja Temple
Chidambaram Nataraja Temple is a renowned Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Shiva as Nataraja, famed for its Dravidian architecture and central role in Shaivite worship and classical dance traditions.
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E.
Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
- 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: Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple Target entity description: Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple is a major ancient Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a key center of Saivite worship and Nayanar devotional tradition.
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A.
Adikesava Perumal Temple
Adikesava Perumal Temple is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located in Sriperumbudur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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B.
Rajagopalaswamy Temple
Rajagopalaswamy Temple is a historic Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Krishna in his Rajagopala (cowherd king) form and noted for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu), renowned as one of the largest functioning temple complexes in the world and a key Vaishnavite pilgrimage center in South India.
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D.
Chidambaram Nataraja Temple
Chidambaram Nataraja Temple is a renowned Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Shiva as Nataraja, famed for its Dravidian architecture and central role in Shaivite worship and classical dance traditions.
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E.
Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu temple
ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | Dravidian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Appar (Tirunavukkarasar)
NERFINISHED
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Manikkavacakar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nayanars NERFINISHED ⓘ Saivite devotional tradition ⓘ Sambandar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundarar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tevaram hymns ⓘ |
| classification | Paadal Petra Sthalam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredAs | one of the Pancha Sabhai of Nataraja (as Ajapa Natanam) ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major center of Tamil Saivite music and hymns ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deityConsort | Kamalambal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| district | Tiruvarur district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Thyagaraja (Somaskanda) shrine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
large temple tank Kamalalayam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large prakaram (circumambulatory corridors)
ⓘ
massive wooden temple chariot ⓘ multiple gopurams ⓘ |
| hasIcon |
processional idol of Kamalambal
ⓘ
processional idol of Thyagaraja ⓘ |
| hasInnerSanctum | garbhagriha of Thyagaraja ⓘ |
| hasMandapa | various pillared halls (mandapams) ⓘ |
| hasRitual | Ajapa Natanam of Thyagaraja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShrine | Kamalambal shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempleTank | Kamalalayam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | ancient temple complex ⓘ |
| importantFestival |
Aazhi Ther (great chariot festival)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arudra Darisanam NERFINISHED ⓘ Panguni Uthiram festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tiruvarur NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiruvarur district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | east-facing main gopuram ⓘ |
| pilgrimageImportance | key pilgrimage center for Shaivites ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Thyagaraja (Somaskanda form of Shiva) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sacredStatus | one of the most important Saivite temples in Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| sacredTankName | Kamalalayam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| tradition | Shaivism ⓘ |
| worshipForm | Somaskanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple Description of subject: Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple is a major ancient Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a key center of Saivite worship and Nayanar devotional tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur
this entity surface form:
Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur