Kapaleeshwarar Temple
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Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kapaleeshwarar Temple canonical | 10 |
| Kapaleeshwarar Temple complex | 2 |
| Kapaleeshwarar | 1 |
| Kapaleeshwarar shrine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T535847 — 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: Kapaleeshwarar Temple Context triple: [Chennai, hasTemple, Kapaleeshwarar Temple]
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A.
Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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B.
Rameswaram
Rameswaram is a major Hindu pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu, India, revered for its ancient Ramanathaswamy Temple and its association with the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Trimbakeshwar
Trimbakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple town in Maharashtra, India, renowned as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva and a major pilgrimage site.
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D.
Banke Bihari Temple
Banke Bihari Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to Lord Krishna in his child form, renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in North India.
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E.
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane is a historic and prominent Hindu temple in Chennai dedicated to Lord Vishnu, renowned 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: Kapaleeshwarar Temple Target entity description: Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
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A.
Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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B.
Rameswaram
Rameswaram is a major Hindu pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu, India, revered for its ancient Ramanathaswamy Temple and its association with the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Trimbakeshwar
Trimbakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple town in Maharashtra, India, renowned as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva and a major pilgrimage site.
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D.
Banke Bihari Temple
Banke Bihari Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to Lord Krishna in his child form, renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in North India.
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E.
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane is a historic and prominent Hindu temple in Chennai dedicated to Lord Vishnu, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian architecture monument
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Hindu temple ⓘ Shiva temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dravidian temple architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian architecture
|
| associatedWithFestival |
Arubathimoovar festival
ⓘ
Karthigai Deepam ⓘ Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
surface form:
Mahashivaratri
Navaratri ⓘ Panguni Uttiram ⓘ
surface form:
Panguni Peruvizha
|
| belongsToSect | Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
Shaivism
ⓘ
surface form:
Saivism
|
| culturalSignificance |
important center for Tamil devotional music
ⓘ
major landmark of Mylapore ⓘ site for classical dance and music performances ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shiva ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Tamil Nadu
|
| hasConsortDeity | Karpagambal ⓘ |
| hasConsortDeityForm | Parvati as Karpagambal ⓘ |
| hasGopuramOrientation |
east
ⓘ
west ⓘ |
| hasShrine |
Ganesha shrine
ⓘ
Kapaleeshwarar Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar shrine
Karpagambal shrine ⓘ Murugan shrine ⓘ Navagraha Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Navagraha shrine
|
| hasStructure |
gopuram
ⓘ
mandapa ⓘ prakaram ⓘ tank ⓘ |
| hasTempleTank | Kapaleeshwarar Temple tank ⓘ |
| importantFor | Tamil Shaivite worship ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Chennai ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | India ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict |
Chennai
ⓘ
surface form:
Chennai district
|
| locatedInNeighbourhood | Mylapore ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Mylapore tank
ⓘ
San Thome area ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
colorful stucco figures
ⓘ
processional streets around the temple ⓘ richly carved gopurams ⓘ |
| openTo | public ⓘ |
| pilgrimageImportance | major pilgrimage site in Chennai ⓘ |
| primaryDeity |
Kapaleeshwarar Temple
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar
|
| primaryDeityForm |
Shiva
ⓘ
surface form:
Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | popular tourist attraction in Chennai ⓘ |
| worshipLanguage |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kapaleeshwarar Temple Description of subject: Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar
this entity surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar shrine
this entity surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar Temple complex
this entity surface form:
Kapaleeshwarar Temple complex