Mahamaham festival
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The Mahamaham festival is a major Hindu bathing and temple festival held once every 12 years in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, drawing vast pilgrim crowds to its sacred tank and surrounding shrines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahamaham festival canonical | 4 |
| Kumbakonam Mahamaham festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2205602 — 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: Mahamaham festival Context triple: [Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India, knownFor, Mahamaham festival]
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A.
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela is a massive Hindu pilgrimage and religious festival, held periodically at sacred rivers in India, where millions gather for ritual bathing, prayers, and spiritual observances.
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B.
Kanwar Yatra
Kanwar Yatra is a major annual Hindu pilgrimage in which devotees of Lord Shiva carry holy Ganges water on foot to offer at Shiva temples, especially during the month of Shravan.
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C.
Chithirai Festival
Chithirai Festival is a major annual Hindu festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, celebrating the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar with grand processions and temple rituals.
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D.
Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya, marked by rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at rivers and water bodies, especially in northern and eastern India.
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E.
Maha Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri is a major Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, marked by night-long vigils, fasting, and special worship rituals in temples and homes.
- 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: Mahamaham festival Target entity description: The Mahamaham festival is a major Hindu bathing and temple festival held once every 12 years in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, drawing vast pilgrim crowds to its sacred tank and surrounding shrines.
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A.
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela is a massive Hindu pilgrimage and religious festival, held periodically at sacred rivers in India, where millions gather for ritual bathing, prayers, and spiritual observances.
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B.
Kanwar Yatra
Kanwar Yatra is a major annual Hindu pilgrimage in which devotees of Lord Shiva carry holy Ganges water on foot to offer at Shiva temples, especially during the month of Shravan.
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C.
Chithirai Festival
Chithirai Festival is a major annual Hindu festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, celebrating the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar with grand processions and temple rituals.
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D.
Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya, marked by rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at rivers and water bodies, especially in northern and eastern India.
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E.
Maha Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri is a major Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, marked by night-long vigils, fasting, and special worship rituals in temples and homes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
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pilgrimage ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Navagraha
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surface form:
Navagraha deities
Shiva ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedStructure | Mahamaham tank ⓘ |
| associatedTemple |
Adi Kumbeswarar Temple
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Chakrapani Temple ⓘ Ramaswamy Temple ⓘ Sarangapani Temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kumbakonam temples
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Mahamaham tank ⓘ |
| attracts | Hindu pilgrims ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hindu lunisolar calendar
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surface form:
Hindu calendar
|
| calendarType | lunar-solar Hindu calendar ⓘ |
| category |
Festivals in Tamil Nadu
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Hindu pilgrimages ⓘ Religious festivals in India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| crowdSize |
hundreds of thousands of devotees
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millions of devotees ⓘ |
| culturalAspect |
processional chariots
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religious music and recitations ⓘ |
| district | Thanjavur district ⓘ |
| frequency | once every 12 years ⓘ |
| infrastructure | temporary facilities for pilgrims ⓘ |
| location |
India
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Kumbakonam ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| mainRitual |
holy bath in Mahamaham tank
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processions ⓘ temple worship ⓘ |
| notableFeature | congregation at a large temple tank ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Hindu religious institutions ⓘ |
| periodicity | 12-year cycle ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualActivity |
bathing in sacred tank
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charity and feeding of pilgrims ⓘ offering prayers in temples ⓘ |
| safetyMeasures | special security arrangements ⓘ |
| significance |
important Shaivite and Vaishnavite event
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major Hindu bathing festival ⓘ |
| state | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Government of Tamil Nadu
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surface form:
Tamil Nadu state government
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahamaham festival Description of subject: The Mahamaham festival is a major Hindu bathing and temple festival held once every 12 years in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, drawing vast pilgrim crowds to its sacred tank and surrounding shrines.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
this entity surface form:
Kumbakonam Mahamaham festival