Suryanar Kovil
E448879
Suryanar Kovil is a prominent Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to the Sun god Surya, renowned as one of the key Navagraha (nine planets) shrines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suryanar Kovil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4513936 — 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: Suryanar Kovil Context triple: [Surya, majorTemple, Suryanar Kovil]
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A.
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a historic and highly revered Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, dedicated to Lord Murugan and renowned for its grand architecture and annual religious festivals.
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B.
Alagar Kovil
Alagar Kovil is an ancient hilltop temple complex near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Vishnu and renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Kothandaramaswamy Temple
Kothandaramaswamy Temple is a prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Rama, located in the pilgrimage town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, India.
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D.
Nageswaran Temple
Nageswaran Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, renowned for its Chola-era architecture and astronomical alignment that illuminates the sanctum during specific solar events.
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E.
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.
- 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: Suryanar Kovil Target entity description: Suryanar Kovil is a prominent Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to the Sun god Surya, renowned as one of the key Navagraha (nine planets) shrines.
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A.
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a historic and highly revered Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, dedicated to Lord Murugan and renowned for its grand architecture and annual religious festivals.
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B.
Alagar Kovil
Alagar Kovil is an ancient hilltop temple complex near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Vishnu and renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Kothandaramaswamy Temple
Kothandaramaswamy Temple is a prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Rama, located in the pilgrimage town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, India.
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D.
Nageswaran Temple
Nageswaran Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, renowned for its Chola-era architecture and astronomical alignment that illuminates the sanctum during specific solar events.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu temple
ⓘ
Navagraha temple ⓘ Sun temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dravidian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Navagraha worship
ⓘ
astrology ⓘ planetary deities ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deityAspect | Sun god ⓘ |
| governingDeityType | Navagraha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGopuram | yes ⓘ |
| hasSacredTank | yes ⓘ |
| hasShrineFor |
Angaraka
ⓘ
Budha NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Guru ⓘ Ketu NERFINISHED ⓘ Rahu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shani NERFINISHED ⓘ Shukra NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPilgrimageSite | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship |
Sanskrit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Mayiladuthurai district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Cauvery Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kumbakonam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Navaratri
NERFINISHED
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Ratha Saptami NERFINISHED ⓘ Sankranti ⓘ |
| partOf | Navagraha temples around Kumbakonam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| state | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
astrological remedies
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remedies for planetary doshas ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity |
Angaraka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Budha NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Guru ⓘ Ketu NERFINISHED ⓘ Rahu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shani NERFINISHED ⓘ Shukra NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya 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: Suryanar Kovil Description of subject: Suryanar Kovil is a prominent Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to the Sun god Surya, renowned as one of the key Navagraha (nine planets) shrines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.