Jambukeswarar
E645551
Jambukeswarar is a form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the embodiment of the element water at the famous Jambukeswarar Temple in Thiruvanaikaval, Tamil Nadu.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jambukeswarar canonical | 4 |
| Jambukeswara | 1 |
| Lord Sundareswarar | 1 |
| Shiva as Jambukeswarar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7165678 — 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: Jambukeswarar Context triple: [Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, hasPrimaryDeityForm, Jambukeswarar]
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A.
Varadaraja Perumal
Varadaraja Perumal is a revered form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially worshipped as the presiding deity of the famous Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
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B.
Nandikeshvara
Nandikeshvara is a revered figure in Hindu tradition, often identified with Nandi, the divine bull and devoted gatekeeper and attendant of the god Shiva.
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C.
Vighneshvara
Vighneshvara is a prominent form of the Hindu god Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles and patron of beginnings and wisdom.
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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.
Dandayudhapani Swamy
Dandayudhapani Swamy is a revered form of the Hindu god Murugan, worshipped as a youthful ascetic holding a staff, especially at the famous hill temple in Palani, Tamil Nadu.
- 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: Jambukeswarar Target entity description: Jambukeswarar is a form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the embodiment of the element water at the famous Jambukeswarar Temple in Thiruvanaikaval, Tamil Nadu.
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A.
Varadaraja Perumal
Varadaraja Perumal is a revered form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially worshipped as the presiding deity of the famous Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
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B.
Nandikeshvara
Nandikeshvara is a revered figure in Hindu tradition, often identified with Nandi, the divine bull and devoted gatekeeper and attendant of the god Shiva.
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C.
Vighneshvara
Vighneshvara is a prominent form of the Hindu god Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles and patron of beginnings and wisdom.
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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.
Dandayudhapani Swamy
Dandayudhapani Swamy is a revered form of the Hindu god Murugan, worshipped as a youthful ascetic holding a staff, especially at the famous hill temple in Palani, Tamil Nadu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
form of Shiva ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Appu Lingam
ⓘ
linked to:
Appu lingam
Jambukeswara ⓘ
linked to:
Jambukeswarar
|
| associatedElementInPanchaBhoota | water ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Panchabhoota Sthalam
ⓘ
linked to:
Pancha Bhoota Stalas
|
| associatedWithMyth |
worship by Parvati as a disciple
ⓘ
worship by elephants and spiders ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver |
Kaveri River
ⓘ
linked to:
Kaveri
|
| consort | Akhilandeswari ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Shiva lingam ⓘ |
| hasAbode | Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval ⓘ |
| hasElementAssociation | water ⓘ |
| hasMajorFestival |
Mahashivaratri
ⓘ
linked to:
Maha Shivaratri
Panguni Brahmotsavam ⓘ |
| hasSacredDirectionAssociation | west-facing sanctum (in temple) ⓘ |
| hasSacredSiteType | temple ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
Pancha Bhoota forms of Shiva
ⓘ
linked to:
Forms of Shiva
|
| locatedInCountry | India ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedInTemple | Thiruvanaikaval ⓘ |
| partOf | Shaivism ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| worshippedAt | Jambukeswarar Temple ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Hindus
ⓘ
Shaivites ⓘ
linked to:
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: Jambukeswarar Description of subject: Jambukeswarar is a form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the embodiment of the element water at the famous Jambukeswarar Temple in Thiruvanaikaval, Tamil Nadu.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jambukeswarar
linked to: Jambukeswarar
linked to: Jambukeswarar