Basavakalyan
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Basavakalyan is a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned as a former capital of the Western Chalukya Empire and an important center of Basavanna’s 12th-century social and religious reform movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basavakalyan canonical | 8 |
| Basavakalyana | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Basavakalyan Context triple: [Kalyana Karnataka, hasHistoricalSite, Basavakalyan]
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Basavanna
Basavanna was a 12th-century Indian philosopher, social reformer, and poet-saint who founded and propagated the egalitarian bhakti movement that shaped the Lingayat tradition in Karnataka.
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Allasani Peddana
Allasani Peddana was a renowned 16th-century Telugu poet, often honored as the "Andhra Kavita Pitamaha" (grandfather of Telugu poetry) for his seminal contributions to classical Telugu literature.
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Nandighosa
Nandighosa is the grand, elaborately decorated main chariot used to carry Lord Jagannath during the annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri, India.
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Mallikarjuna Swamy
Mallikarjuna Swamy is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva, worshipped as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a major Shaivite deity in South India.
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Basava
Basava was a 12th-century Indian philosopher, social reformer, and poet-saint whose teachings and vachanas profoundly shaped the egalitarian, bhakti-based tradition now known as Lingayatism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Basavakalyan Target entity description: Basavakalyan is a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned as a former capital of the Western Chalukya Empire and an important center of Basavanna’s 12th-century social and religious reform movement.
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A.
Basavanna
Basavanna was a 12th-century Indian philosopher, social reformer, and poet-saint who founded and propagated the egalitarian bhakti movement that shaped the Lingayat tradition in Karnataka.
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B.
Allasani Peddana
Allasani Peddana was a renowned 16th-century Telugu poet, often honored as the "Andhra Kavita Pitamaha" (grandfather of Telugu poetry) for his seminal contributions to classical Telugu literature.
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C.
Nandighosa
Nandighosa is the grand, elaborately decorated main chariot used to carry Lord Jagannath during the annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri, India.
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D.
Mallikarjuna Swamy
Mallikarjuna Swamy is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva, worshipped as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a major Shaivite deity in South India.
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E.
Basava
Basava was a 12th-century Indian philosopher, social reformer, and poet-saint whose teachings and vachanas profoundly shaped the egalitarian, bhakti-based tradition now known as Lingayatism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic town
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Western Chalukya dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Chalukya of Kalyani
|
| associatedWithLiterature | Vachana literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Akka Mahadevi
ⓘ
Allama Prabhu ⓘ Basavanna ⓘ Channabasavanna ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Someshvara I
ⓘ
Someshvara II ⓘ Vikramaditya VI ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Deccan
ⓘ
linked to:
Deccan region
|
| formerName |
Basavakalyana
ⓘ
linked to:
Basavakalyan
Kalyani ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Basavakalyan City Municipal Council
ⓘ
linked to:
Basavakalyan municipal council
|
| hasHeritageSite |
Anubhava Mantapa (modern complex)
ⓘ
linked to:
Anubhava Mantapa
Basavakalyan Fort ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalName | Kalyani ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity |
Bidar
ⓘ
Humnabad ⓘ Kalaburagi ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitution |
Lingayat mathas
ⓘ
linked to:
Siddaganga Matha
|
| hasStructure |
fortified hill with stone walls (Basavakalyan Fort)
ⓘ
linked to:
Basavakalyan Fort
|
| historicalEra | medieval India ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | seat of Western Chalukya administration ⓘ |
| historicalRole | capital of the Western Chalukya Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Basavanna’s 12th-century social reform movement
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Lingayat movement ⓘ
linked to:
Lingayatism
Virashaiva religious reforms ⓘ |
| language | Kannada ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bidar district
ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Kalyana-Karnataka
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linked to:
Kalyana-Karnataka region
|
| locatedInState | Karnataka ⓘ |
| movementCenter | social equality movement led by Basavanna ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Kannada ⓘ |
| partOf | India ⓘ |
| regionType | urban settlement ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
center of 12th-century bhakti movement in Karnataka
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major center of Lingayatism ⓘ |
| timeZone | IST ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
connected by road to Bidar
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connected by road to Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) ⓘ connected by road to Hyderabad ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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Subject: Basavakalyan Description of subject: Basavakalyan is a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned as a former capital of the Western Chalukya Empire and an important center of Basavanna’s 12th-century social and religious reform movement.
Referenced by (10)
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