Pura Besakih

E521908

Hindu temple complex tourist attraction

Pura Besakih is Bali’s largest and most important Hindu temple complex, often called the “Mother Temple,” situated on the slopes of Mount Agung.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Besakih Temple	2
Pura Besakih canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5472578 — 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: Pura Besakih
Context triple: [Mount Agung, associatedTemple, Pura Besakih]

A. Pura Segara Anak
Pura Segara Anak is a Hindu temple located by the crater lake on Mount Rinjani in Lombok, Indonesia, serving as an important site for religious ceremonies and pilgrimages.
B. Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
C. Dieng Plateau temples
The Dieng Plateau temples are a group of early Hindu temple structures in Central Java, Indonesia, considered among the oldest surviving religious monuments in the region and significant for understanding ancient Javanese civilization.
D. Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
E. Pura Mangkunegaran
Pura Mangkunegaran is a historic Javanese royal palace complex in Surakarta, Indonesia, serving as the seat of the Mangkunegaran principality and a center of traditional Javanese culture and arts.
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: Pura Besakih
Target entity description: Pura Besakih is Bali’s largest and most important Hindu temple complex, often called the “Mother Temple,” situated on the slopes of Mount Agung.

A. Pura Segara Anak
Pura Segara Anak is a Hindu temple located by the crater lake on Mount Rinjani in Lombok, Indonesia, serving as an important site for religious ceremonies and pilgrimages.
B. Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
C. Dieng Plateau temples
The Dieng Plateau temples are a group of early Hindu temple structures in Central Java, Indonesia, considered among the oldest surviving religious monuments in the region and significant for understanding ancient Javanese civilization.
D. Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
E. Pura Mangkunegaran
Pura Mangkunegaran is a historic Javanese royal palace complex in Surakarta, Indonesia, serving as the seat of the Mangkunegaran principality and a center of traditional Javanese culture and arts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu temple complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
accessFromCity	approximately 25 kilometers from Semarapura ⓘ approximately 50 kilometers from Denpasar ⓘ
altitude	approximately 1000 meters above sea level ⓘ
architectureStyle	Balinese temple architecture ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Balinese people NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Tri Murti NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionPeriod	developed over more than 1000 years ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestEvidenceCentury	11th century ⓘ
facingDirection	generally oriented toward Mount Agung ⓘ
function	center of religious ceremonies for all Balinese clans ⓘ
governingProvince	Bali Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponentTemple	Pura Batu Madeg NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Dalem Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Gelap NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Kiduling Kreteg NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Penataran Agung NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Ratu Bagus Penyarikan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Ratu Pasek NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Ratu Penyarikan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Tirta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pura Ulun Kulkul NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCourtyards	multiple terraced courtyards ⓘ
hasMainTemple	Pura Penataran Agung Besakih NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberOfTemples	over 80 ⓘ
hasRitual	Eka Dasa Rudra ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuningan ceremonies ⓘ major Galungan celebrations ⓘ odalan temple anniversary ceremonies ⓘ
hasStructureType	candi bentar split gates NERFINISHED ⓘ kori agung gateways ⓘ meru tiered shrines ⓘ
heritageStatus	candidate for UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
isCalled	Mother Temple of Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ Karangasem Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInVillage	Besakih NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Mount Agung NERFINISHED ⓘ slopes of Mount Agung ⓘ
pilgrimageSiteFor	Balinese Hindus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindus from other parts of Indonesia ⓘ
primaryTradition	Balinese Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
significance	holiest temple complex in Bali ⓘ largest temple complex in Bali ⓘ most important Hindu temple complex in Bali ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mount Agung → associatedTemple → Pura Besakih ⓘ

Karangasem Regency → hasLandmark → Pura Besakih ⓘ

this entity surface form: Besakih Temple

Karangasem Regency → contains → Pura Besakih ⓘ