Vishwanath

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Vishwanath is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva, worshipped as the lord of the universe and especially venerated in the sacred city of Varanasi.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vishwanath canonical 6
Vishvanath 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity ⓘ
form of Shiva ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
associatedWithCity Varanasi ⓘ
associatedWithConcept city of light (Kashi as city of Shiva) ⓘ
cosmic lordship ⓘ
destruction and regeneration of the universe ⓘ
liberation (moksha) ⓘ
universal sovereignty ⓘ
associatedWithDirection center of the sacred geography of Kashi ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
Shravan month observances ⓘ
associatedWithPilgrimageCircuit Pancha Kashi Yatra ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Ganges ⓘ
associatedWithScripture Kashi Khanda (of Skanda Purana) ⓘ
linked to: Kashi Khanda

Puranas ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
associatedWithTitle Kashi Vishwanath (Lord of Kashi) ⓘ
considered one of the most sacred forms of Shiva ⓘ
presiding deity of Varanasi ⓘ
especiallyVeneratedIn Varanasi ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vishveshvara ⓘ
linked to: Mahadeva

Vishweshwar ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Vishvanath ⓘ
linked to: Vishwanath
hasDevotionalTradition Shaiva bhakti ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage Sanskrit ⓘ
hasIconographicForm Shiva lingam ⓘ
hasMajorPilgrimageSite Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Lord of the Universe ⓘ
hasPrimaryAbode Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi ⓘ
hasPrimaryAttribute lordship over the entire cosmos ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
honorificTitleOf Shiva ⓘ
locatedSymbolicallyIn Kashi (Varanasi) ⓘ
linked to: city of Kashi
nameDerivedFrom nātha (lord) ⓘ
viśva (universe) ⓘ
regardedAs giver of moksha to devotees in Kashi ⓘ
reveredAs supreme lord in Kashi ⓘ
reveredBy pilgrims from all over India ⓘ
veneratedIn Hinduism ⓘ
worshipIncludes Abhishekam (ritual bathing) ⓘ
chanting of Shiva mantras ⓘ
lingam worship ⓘ
worshippedAs form of the god Shiva ⓘ
worshippedBy Hindus in general ⓘ
Shaivites ⓘ
linked to: Shaivism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Vishwanath → hasAlternativeSpelling → Vishvanath ⓘ
linked to: Vishwanath
V. P. Singh → givenName → Vishwanath ⓘ
Kashi Khand → associatedDeity → Vishwanath ⓘ
Vishwaroopam → featuresCharacter → Vishwanath ⓘ