Kumbeswarar
E917571
Kumbeswarar is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the presiding deity of the ancient Adi Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kumbeswarar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11313401 — 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: Kumbeswarar Context triple: [Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, primaryDeity, Kumbeswarar]
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A.
Jambukeswarar
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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B.
Sundareswarar
Sundareswarar is a form of the Hindu god Shiva venerated as the beautiful lord and consort of Goddess Meenakshi in South Indian Shaivite tradition.
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C.
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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D.
Pateeswarar
Pateeswarar is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the presiding deity of the historic Perur Pateeswarar Temple in Tamil Nadu, India.
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E.
Gosainthan
Gosainthan is another name for Shishapangma, one of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks located in Tibet.
- 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: Kumbeswarar Target entity description: Kumbeswarar is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the presiding deity of the ancient Adi Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
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A.
Jambukeswarar
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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B.
Sundareswarar
Sundareswarar is a form of the Hindu god Shiva venerated as the beautiful lord and consort of Goddess Meenakshi in South Indian Shaivite tradition.
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C.
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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D.
Pateeswarar
Pateeswarar is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the presiding deity of the historic Perur Pateeswarar Temple in Tamil Nadu, India.
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E.
Gosainthan
Gosainthan is another name for Shishapangma, one of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks located in Tibet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
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form of Shiva ⓘ |
| associatedDynastyPatronage |
Chola dynasty
GENERATED
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Nayak dynasty GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageRegion | Tamil region ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Kumbakonam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
creation and dissolution
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purification through sacred waters ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithElement | water ⓘ |
| associatedWithFestivalEvent | Mahamaham bathing ritual every 12 years GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth | churning of the divine pot (kumbha) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Cauvery River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSacredTank | Mahamaham tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Kumbeshwarar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumbeswara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsort | Mangalambigai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAbode | garbhagriha of Adi Kumbeswarar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Lord of the Kumbha (pot) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
depicted as Shiva in anthropomorphic form in some shrines
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lingam ⓘ |
| isFormOf | Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Mahamaham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Masi Magam NERFINISHED ⓘ Shivaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Tevaram hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidingDeityOf | Adi Kumbeswarar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfCult | South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| templeClassification | Paadal Petra Sthalam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| templeLocation | Kumbakonam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| templeName | Adi Kumbeswarar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| templeOrientation | east-facing sanctum in Adi Kumbeswarar Temple ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | presiding deity ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Shaivites
NERFINISHED
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pilgrims to Kumbakonam ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kumbeswarar Description of subject: Kumbeswarar is a revered form of the Hindu god Shiva worshipped as the presiding deity of the ancient Adi Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.