Lectures from Colombo to Almora

E103923

book collection of lectures

"Lectures from Colombo to Almora" is a celebrated collection of Swami Vivekananda’s speeches delivered across South Asia, presenting his key teachings on Vedanta, spirituality, and national awakening.

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Label	Occurrences
Lectures from Colombo to Almora canonical	5

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874449 — 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.

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Target entity: Lectures from Colombo to Almora
Context triple: [Swami Vivekananda, majorWork, Lectures from Colombo to Almora]

A. Gateway to South India
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B. Tales of a Traveller
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C. Ganges of the South
Ganges of the South is an honorific name for the Godavari River, highlighting its status as one of India’s holiest and most significant rivers, especially in the southern part of the country.
D. King of Kandy
The King of Kandy was the monarch of the last independent Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka, ruling from the hill capital of Kandy until its annexation by the British in the early 19th century.
E. India as I Knew It
"India as I Knew It" is a memoir by British colonial administrator Michael O’Dwyer recounting his experiences and perspectives while serving in British-ruled India, particularly during the period surrounding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
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: Lectures from Colombo to Almora
Target entity description: "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" is a celebrated collection of Swami Vivekananda’s speeches delivered across South Asia, presenting his key teachings on Vedanta, spirituality, and national awakening.

A. Gateway to South India
Gateway to South India is a popular nickname for Chennai, highlighting its role as a major cultural, economic, and transportation hub connecting the southern region of India with the rest of the country and the world.
B. Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
C. Ganges of the South
Ganges of the South is an honorific name for the Godavari River, highlighting its status as one of India’s holiest and most significant rivers, especially in the southern part of the country.
D. King of Kandy
The King of Kandy was the monarch of the last independent Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka, ruling from the hill capital of Kandy until its annexation by the British in the early 19th century.
E. India as I Knew It
"India as I Knew It" is a memoir by British colonial administrator Michael O’Dwyer recounting his experiences and perspectives while serving in British-ruled India, particularly during the period surrounding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ collection of lectures ⓘ
associatedWith	Ramakrishna Mission ⓘ linked to: Ramakrishna Math Ramakrishna Order ⓘ linked to: Ramakrishna Math
author	Swami Vivekananda ⓘ
basedOn	public lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda ⓘ
chronology	follows Swami Vivekananda’s return from the West ⓘ linked to: Swami Vivekananda
containsWork	“My Plan of Campaign” ⓘ “The Future of India” ⓘ “The Gita” ⓘ linked to: Bhagavad Gita “The Ideal of a Universal Religion” ⓘ “The Mission of the Vedanta” ⓘ “The Real and the Apparent Man” ⓘ “The Religion We Are Born In” ⓘ “The Sages of India” ⓘ “The Vedanta” ⓘ “The Way to the Realisation of a Universal Religion” ⓘ linked to: “The Ideal of a Universal Religion” “The Work Before Us” ⓘ “Vedanta in Its Application to Indian Life” ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
genre	philosophical work ⓘ religious discourse ⓘ spiritual literature ⓘ
hasPlaceOfSpeech	Almora ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ Colombo ⓘ Kandy ⓘ Madras ⓘ linked to: Chennai Rameswaram ⓘ
influenced	Indian freedom movement ⓘ modern Hindu reform movements ⓘ
intendedAudience	Indian public ⓘ spiritual seekers ⓘ
keyTheme	application of Vedanta to daily life ⓘ education and character-building ⓘ revival of Indian spiritual heritage ⓘ service to humanity as worship of God ⓘ strength and fearlessness ⓘ unity of all religions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Hindu philosophy ⓘ Indian nationalism ⓘ Vedanta ⓘ national awakening ⓘ practical Vedanta ⓘ religious harmony ⓘ social reform ⓘ spirituality ⓘ
notableFor	articulation of a spiritual basis for Indian nationalism ⓘ systematic exposition of practical Vedanta ⓘ
publicationType	posthumous compilation ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Swami Vivekananda → majorWork → Lectures from Colombo to Almora ⓘ

Vedanta in Its Application to Indian Life → relatedWork → Lectures from Colombo to Almora ⓘ

subject linked to: “Vedanta in Its Application to Indian Life”

The Future of India → relatedWork → Lectures from Colombo to Almora ⓘ

subject linked to: “The Future of India”

My Plan of Campaign → collection → Lectures from Colombo to Almora ⓘ

subject linked to: “My Plan of Campaign”

My Plan of Campaign → relatedWork → Lectures from Colombo to Almora ⓘ