Ramanathaswamy Temple

E106351

Hindu temple Shiva temple pilgrimage site

Ramanathaswamy Temple is a renowned Hindu pilgrimage site in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, celebrated for its grand Dravidian architecture and one of the longest temple corridors in the world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ramanathaswamy Temple canonical	7
Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram	4
Ramanathaswamy (form of Shiva)	1
Rameswaram Temple	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874114 — 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: Ramanathaswamy Temple
Context triple: [Rameswaram, famousFor, Ramanathaswamy Temple]

A. Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
B. Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a historic and highly revered Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, dedicated to Lord Murugan and renowned for its grand architecture and annual religious festivals.
C. Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
D. Koneswaram Temple
Koneswaram Temple is an ancient and revered Hindu temple complex dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its dramatic clifftop setting overlooking the Indian Ocean in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
E. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is the autonomous trust that administers the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and associated Hindu religious, educational, and charitable institutions in and around Tirupati, India.
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: Ramanathaswamy Temple
Target entity description: Ramanathaswamy Temple is a renowned Hindu pilgrimage site in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, celebrated for its grand Dravidian architecture and one of the longest temple corridors in the world.

A. Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a historic and prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its Dravidian architecture and cultural significance in Chennai, India.
B. Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a historic and highly revered Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, dedicated to Lord Murugan and renowned for its grand architecture and annual religious festivals.
C. Srirangam
Srirangam is a prominent temple town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for the vast Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
D. Koneswaram Temple
Koneswaram Temple is an ancient and revered Hindu temple complex dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its dramatic clifftop setting overlooking the Indian Ocean in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
E. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is the autonomous trust that administers the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and associated Hindu religious, educational, and charitable institutions in and around Tirupati, India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu temple ⓘ Shiva temple ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Dravidian architecture ⓘ linked to: Dravidian temple architecture
associatedWith	Hanuman ⓘ Lakshmana ⓘ Lanka war legend ⓘ Rama ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Sita ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Ramanathaswamy (form of Shiva) ⓘ linked to: Ramanathaswamy Temple Shiva ⓘ
district	Ramanathapuram district ⓘ
festival	Arudra Darshan ⓘ Maha Shivaratri ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ Thirukalyanam (divine marriage festival) ⓘ linked to: Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
governingBody	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu ⓘ linked to: Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department
hasDeity	Ganesha ⓘ Hanuman ⓘ Navagrahas ⓘ linked to: Navagraha Parvati ⓘ linked to: Goddess Gauri Vishnu ⓘ
hasFeature	gopurams (temple towers) ⓘ longest temple corridor in India ⓘ multiple theerthams ⓘ ornate pillared halls ⓘ prakaram (enclosure corridors) ⓘ
hasRitual	abhishek to Shiva lingam ⓘ holy bath in 22 theerthams ⓘ
hasStructure	east gopuram ⓘ inner corridors ⓘ mandapams (halls) ⓘ outer corridors ⓘ west gopuram ⓘ
knownFor	long temple corridors ⓘ pilgrimage importance ⓘ sacred tanks (theerthams) ⓘ
legend	Rama worshipped Shiva here after defeating Ravana ⓘ
locatedIn	India ⓘ Ramanathapuram district ⓘ Rameswaram ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedOn	Rameswaram Island ⓘ linked to: Pamban Island
mainDeity	Shiva lingam ⓘ
near	Adam's Bridge (Ram Setu) ⓘ linked to: Adam's Bridge Gulf of Mannar ⓘ Pamban Bridge ⓘ
partOf	Char Dham ⓘ twelve Jyotirlinga temples ⓘ
pilgrimageCircuit	Rameswaram pilgrimage ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
state	Tamil Nadu ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rameswaram → famousFor → Ramanathaswamy Temple ⓘ

Rameswaram → hasTemple → Ramanathaswamy Temple ⓘ

Shaivism → majorPilgrimageSite → Rameswaram Temple ⓘ