Kothandaramar
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Kothandaramar is a revered form of the Hindu god Rama, typically depicted holding a bow and associated with devotion, righteousness, and temple worship in South India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kothandaramar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4912299 — 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: Kothandaramar Context triple: [Kothandaramaswamy Temple, deityForm, Kothandaramar]
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A.
Kovalan
Kovalan is a tragic hero from ancient Tamil literature, best known as the ill-fated husband of Kannagi in the epic Silappatikaram.
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B.
Karpagambal
Karpagambal is the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the consort of Lord Shiva at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
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C.
Palani
Palani is a major Hindu pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for its hilltop temple dedicated to the god Kartikeya (Murugan).
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D.
Kameswara
Kameswara was a king of the Kediri (Kadiri) kingdom in East Java, Indonesia, known from Javanese historical traditions as one of the early rulers in the succession that included the famed King Jayabaya.
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E.
Nammalvar
Nammalvar was a revered Tamil Vaishnavite saint and poet whose devotional hymns form a central part of the Divya Prabandham in Sri Vaishnavism.
- 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: Kothandaramar Target entity description: Kothandaramar is a revered form of the Hindu god Rama, typically depicted holding a bow and associated with devotion, righteousness, and temple worship in South India.
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A.
Kovalan
Kovalan is a tragic hero from ancient Tamil literature, best known as the ill-fated husband of Kannagi in the epic Silappatikaram.
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B.
Karpagambal
Karpagambal is the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the consort of Lord Shiva at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
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C.
Palani
Palani is a major Hindu pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for its hilltop temple dedicated to the god Kartikeya (Murugan).
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D.
Kameswara
Kameswara was a king of the Kediri (Kadiri) kingdom in East Java, Indonesia, known from Javanese historical traditions as one of the early rulers in the succession that included the famed King Jayabaya.
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E.
Nammalvar
Nammalvar was a revered Tamil Vaishnavite saint and poet whose devotional hymns form a central part of the Divya Prabandham in Sri Vaishnavism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
form of Rama ⓘ religious icon ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
bhakti
ⓘ
devotion ⓘ dharma ⓘ maryada (propriety) ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| associatedFestival |
Rama Navami
ⓘ
Sri Ramanavami Brahmotsavam ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
abhisheka
ⓘ
alankara ⓘ archana ⓘ procession (utsava) ⓘ |
| associatedVirtue |
compassion
ⓘ
kingly duty ⓘ obedience ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Hanuman
ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ Sita ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Ramayana ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rama ⓘ |
| deityType | avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| depicts | Rama holding a bow ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Rama ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
arrow
ⓘ
bow ⓘ quiver ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
Rama with the bow
ⓘ
linked to:
Rama's bow
|
| nameLanguage |
Tamil
ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInDevotion |
ideal king
ⓘ
ideal son ⓘ protector of devotees ⓘ |
| visualForm |
standing posture
ⓘ
with Hanuman at feet ⓘ with Sita and Lakshmana ⓘ |
| worshipContext |
domestic worship
ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | Rama ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Sri Vaishnavas
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Vaishnavism
Vaishnavites ⓘ
linked to:
Vaishnavism
|
| worshipTraditionRegion |
Andhra Pradesh
ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
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: Kothandaramar Description of subject: Kothandaramar is a revered form of the Hindu god Rama, typically depicted holding a bow and associated with devotion, righteousness, and temple worship in South India.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.