Kal Bhairav Temple
E515932
Kal Bhairav Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva known as Kal Bhairav and renowned for its unique ritual offerings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kal Bhairav Temple canonical | 1 |
| Kal Bhairav temple | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5241473 — 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: Kal Bhairav Temple Context triple: [Ujjain, hasTemple, Kal Bhairav Temple]
-
A.
Kalaram Temple
Kalaram Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Nashik, Maharashtra, renowned for its black stone idol of Lord Rama and significant role in religious and historical events.
-
B.
Hidimba Devi Temple
Hidimba Devi Temple is a historic wooden temple in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, dedicated to the demon-goddess Hidimba from the Indian epic Mahabharata and renowned for its distinctive pagoda-style architecture amid cedar forests.
-
C.
Vindhyachal Temple
Vindhyachal Temple is a major Hindu pilgrimage site in Uttar Pradesh dedicated to Goddess Vindhyavasini, revered as a powerful form of Durga.
-
D.
Baijnath Temple
Baijnath Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned for its Nagara-style architecture and its revered Shiva lingam dedicated to Lord Vaidyanath (Shiva as the Lord of Physicians).
-
E.
Mahabhairab Temple
Mahabhairab Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Tezpur, Assam, dedicated to Lord Shiva and known for its religious significance and historic architecture.
- 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: Kal Bhairav Temple Target entity description: Kal Bhairav Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva known as Kal Bhairav and renowned for its unique ritual offerings.
-
A.
Kalaram Temple
Kalaram Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Nashik, Maharashtra, renowned for its black stone idol of Lord Rama and significant role in religious and historical events.
-
B.
Hidimba Devi Temple
Hidimba Devi Temple is a historic wooden temple in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, dedicated to the demon-goddess Hidimba from the Indian epic Mahabharata and renowned for its distinctive pagoda-style architecture amid cedar forests.
-
C.
Vindhyachal Temple
Vindhyachal Temple is a major Hindu pilgrimage site in Uttar Pradesh dedicated to Goddess Vindhyavasini, revered as a powerful form of Durga.
-
D.
Baijnath Temple
Baijnath Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned for its Nagara-style architecture and its revered Shiva lingam dedicated to Lord Vaidyanath (Shiva as the Lord of Physicians).
-
E.
Mahabhairab Temple
Mahabhairab Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Tezpur, Assam, dedicated to Lord Shiva and known for its religious significance and historic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu temple
ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aghori practices
ⓘ
Tantra tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Ujjain as a sacred city ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Shiva ⓘ |
| associatedWithFestival |
Kalashtami
ⓘ
Kumbh Mela in Ujjain ⓘ
linked to:
Kumbh Mela
Mahashivaratri ⓘ
linked to:
Maha Shivaratri
|
| culturalSignificance |
important Shaivite pilgrimage site
ⓘ
major tourist attraction in Ujjain ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Kal Bhairav ⓘ |
| dressCode | modest attire requested ⓘ |
| entryFee | no general entry fee (offerings paid separately) ⓘ |
| guardianDeityOf | Ujjain ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
metal mask of Kal Bhairav
ⓘ
open courtyard ⓘ painted face of deity ⓘ shrine of Kal Bhairav ⓘ |
| hasIdolType | stone image ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfRitual |
Hindi
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| historicalEra | medieval period (traditional association) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tantric worship practices
ⓘ
fierce form of Shiva worship ⓘ liquor offerings ritual ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Ujjain ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | India ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Ujjain district ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Madhya Pradesh ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | Shipra River ⓘ |
| management | local temple trust ⓘ |
| near | Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga ⓘ |
| offeringType |
coconuts
ⓘ
flowers ⓘ liquor ⓘ sweets ⓘ |
| openTo | public ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Kal Bhairav ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
daily aarti
ⓘ
pouring liquor into deity’s mouth ⓘ special worship on Kalashtami ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Hindu devotees
ⓘ
pilgrims to Ujjain ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Shaivism ⓘ |
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: Kal Bhairav Temple Description of subject: Kal Bhairav Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva known as Kal Bhairav and renowned for its unique ritual offerings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kal Bhairav Temple