Brihadeeswarar Temple

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Chola-era temple Dravidian architecture monument Hindu temple Shaivite temple UNESCO World Heritage Site

Brihadeeswarar Temple is a UNESCO-listed, 11th-century Chola-era Hindu temple in Thanjavur, India, renowned for its grand Dravidian architecture and towering vimana dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur	7
Brihadeeswarar Temple canonical	6
Brihadisvara Temple complex	1
Brihadisvara Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1509937 — 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: Brihadeeswarar Temple
Context triple: [Tanjore, knownFor, Brihadeeswarar 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. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu), renowned as one of the largest functioning temple complexes in the world and a key Vaishnavite pilgrimage center in South India.
C. Ramanathaswamy Temple
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.
D. Vishnu temple
The Vishnu temple is one of the principal shrines within the Prambanan Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, dedicated to the god Vishnu and noted for its tall, intricately carved architecture.
E. Konark Sun Temple
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Odisha, India, famed for its monumental chariot-shaped architecture dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya.
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: Brihadeeswarar Temple
Target entity description: Brihadeeswarar Temple is a UNESCO-listed, 11th-century Chola-era Hindu temple in Thanjavur, India, renowned for its grand Dravidian architecture and towering vimana dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu), renowned as one of the largest functioning temple complexes in the world and a key Vaishnavite pilgrimage center in South India.
C. Ramanathaswamy Temple
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.
D. Vishnu temple
The Vishnu temple is one of the principal shrines within the Prambanan Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, dedicated to the god Vishnu and noted for its tall, intricately carved architecture.
E. Konark Sun Temple
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Odisha, India, famed for its monumental chariot-shaped architecture dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chola-era temple ⓘ Dravidian architecture monument ⓘ Hindu temple ⓘ Shaivite temple ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Peruvudaiyar Kovil ⓘ Rajarajeswaram ⓘ linked to: Gangaikonda Cholapuram
architecturalStyle	Dravidian architecture ⓘ linked to: Dravidian temple architecture
associatedWith	Chola Empire ⓘ linked to: Chola dynasty Rajaraja Chola I ⓘ linked to: Rajaraja I
builtBy	Rajaraja I ⓘ
builtByDynasty	Chola dynasty ⓘ
century	11th century ⓘ
constructionEnd	c. 1010 CE ⓘ
constructionStart	c. 1003 CE ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Brihadeeswara (form of Shiva) ⓘ Lord Shiva ⓘ linked to: Shiva
festival	Maha Shivaratri ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ
followsTradition	Agamic temple rituals ⓘ
governingBody	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu ⓘ linked to: Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department
hasFeature	circumambulatory corridor (prakara) ⓘ extensive Chola-period inscriptions ⓘ granite vimana ⓘ mandapas (halls) ⓘ massive Nandi statue ⓘ towering vimana ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear	1987 ⓘ
locatedIn	Tamil Nadu ⓘ Thanjavur ⓘ linked to: Tanjore
mainDeity	Shiva lingam ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
notableFor	Chola-period mural paintings ⓘ advanced stone engineering ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ
partOf	Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfInscriptions	Tamil ⓘ
region	Cauvery Delta ⓘ linked to: Kaveri River Delta
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfInscriptions	Sanskrit ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Tanjore → knownFor → Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ

Tanjore → contains → Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ

Tamil Nadu → contains → Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ

Nandi → worshipPlace → Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ

Chola dynasty → majorTemple → Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur ⓘ