Madhukeshwara Temple
E917481
Madhukeshwara Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Banavasi, Karnataka, renowned for its historic significance and distinctive Kadamba-era architecture dedicated to Lord Shiva.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madhukeshwara Temple canonical | 4 |
| Madhukeshwara Temple, Banavasi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11315481 — 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: Madhukeshwara Temple Context triple: [Banavasi, knownFor, Madhukeshwara Temple]
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A.
Rudreshwara Temple
Rudreshwara Temple, more widely known as Ramappa Temple, is a 13th-century Kakatiya-era Hindu temple in Telangana, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone carvings and UNESCO World Heritage status.
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B.
Shantadurga Temple
Shantadurga Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Goa dedicated to the goddess Shantadurga, renowned for its distinctive Goan temple architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple
Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, revered as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and one of the Shakti Peethas, located in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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D.
Airavatesvara Temple
Airavatesvara Temple is a 12th-century Dravidian-style Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a masterpiece of Chola architecture and sculpture.
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E.
Bhagandeshwara Temple
Bhagandeshwara Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Karnataka, India, revered as a major pilgrimage site associated with Lord Shiva and the origin of the river Kaveri.
- 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: Madhukeshwara Temple Target entity description: Madhukeshwara Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Banavasi, Karnataka, renowned for its historic significance and distinctive Kadamba-era architecture dedicated to Lord Shiva.
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A.
Rudreshwara Temple
Rudreshwara Temple, more widely known as Ramappa Temple, is a 13th-century Kakatiya-era Hindu temple in Telangana, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone carvings and UNESCO World Heritage status.
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B.
Shantadurga Temple
Shantadurga Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Goa dedicated to the goddess Shantadurga, renowned for its distinctive Goan temple architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple
Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, revered as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and one of the Shakti Peethas, located in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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D.
Airavatesvara Temple
Airavatesvara Temple is a 12th-century Dravidian-style Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a masterpiece of Chola architecture and sculpture.
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E.
Bhagandeshwara Temple
Bhagandeshwara Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Karnataka, India, revered as a major pilgrimage site associated with Lord Shiva and the origin of the river Kaveri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu temple
ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ ancient temple ⓘ |
| administrativeControl | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Karnataka (HRCE) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dravidian architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian temple architecture
Kadamba architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Kadamba dynasty ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Kadamba rulers
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadamba dynasty
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Malnad region of Karnataka ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important center of Shaiva worship in Banavasi ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Lord Shiva
ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
|
| district |
Uttara Kannada
ⓘ
linked to:
Uttara Kannada district
|
| era |
Kadamba period
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadamba dynasty
|
| hasFeature |
sculpted doorways
ⓘ
stone Nandi ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Maha Shivaratri celebrations
ⓘ
local temple fairs ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
Shaiva iconography
ⓘ
mythological reliefs ⓘ |
| hasSanctum | garbhagriha ⓘ |
| hasStructure | mandapa ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important heritage site in Karnataka ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kadamba-era architecture
ⓘ
historic significance ⓘ intricate pillars ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banavasi
ⓘ
India ⓘ Karnataka ⓘ Uttara Kannada district ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Shivamogga
ⓘ
Sirsi ⓘ |
| orientation | east-facing sanctum ⓘ |
| pilgrimageImportance | regional pilgrimage center ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Madhukeshwara (form of Shiva) ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| state | Karnataka ⓘ |
| tourismType |
heritage tourism destination
ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ |
| town | Banavasi ⓘ |
| worshipType | Shaivism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Madhukeshwara Temple Description of subject: Madhukeshwara Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Banavasi, Karnataka, renowned for its historic significance and distinctive Kadamba-era architecture dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Madhukeshwara Temple