Tamil New Year
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Tamil New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Tamils, marking the first day of the Tamil calendar month Chithirai with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and festive celebrations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamil New Year canonical | 6 |
| Sinhala and Tamil New Year | 1 |
| Tamil New Year (Puthandu) | 1 |
| Tamil month Chithirai | 1 |
| Tamil solar month Chithirai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802669 — 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: Tamil New Year Context triple: [Tamil people, traditionalFestival, Tamil New Year]
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A.
Kaanum Pongal
Kaanum Pongal is the fourth and final day of the Tamil harvest festival Pongal, marked by family outings, social visits, and thanksgiving for prosperity.
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B.
Pongal
Pongal is a major South Indian harvest festival, especially celebrated in Tamil Nadu, that honors the sun god and marks the season of abundance with traditional rituals, feasts, and community gatherings.
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C.
Onam
Onam is a major annual harvest and cultural festival of Kerala, celebrated with elaborate feasts, traditional dances, boat races, and floral decorations.
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D.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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E.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
- 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: Tamil New Year Target entity description: Tamil New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Tamils, marking the first day of the Tamil calendar month Chithirai with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and festive celebrations.
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A.
Kaanum Pongal
Kaanum Pongal is the fourth and final day of the Tamil harvest festival Pongal, marked by family outings, social visits, and thanksgiving for prosperity.
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B.
Pongal
Pongal is a major South Indian harvest festival, especially celebrated in Tamil Nadu, that honors the sun god and marks the season of abundance with traditional rituals, feasts, and community gatherings.
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C.
Onam
Onam is a major annual harvest and cultural festival of Kerala, celebrated with elaborate feasts, traditional dances, boat races, and floral decorations.
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D.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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E.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Year festival
ⓘ
Tamil cultural festival ⓘ festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Puthandu
ⓘ
Puthuvarudam ⓘ Tamil Puthandu ⓘ |
| associatedWithZodiac | Sun’s entry into Mesha (Aries) ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Tamil calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Tamils
ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil people
|
| celebratedIn |
Puducherry
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora communities ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tamil diaspora worldwide ⓘ |
| concurrentWith |
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali New Year
Bihu (Rongali Bihu) ⓘ
linked to:
Bihu
Sinhalese New Year ⓘ Vaisakhi ⓘ Vishu ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
marks renewal and auspicious beginning
ⓘ
strengthens family and community bonds ⓘ |
| featuresRitual |
exchange of greetings
ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ giving gifts and money to younger family members ⓘ house cleaning ⓘ kolam (rice flour designs) drawing ⓘ oil bath ⓘ preparation of special festive meals ⓘ viewing auspicious items (kani) in the morning ⓘ visiting temples ⓘ |
| firstDayOfMonth | Chithirai ⓘ |
| hasCustom | astrological predictions for the new year ⓘ |
| hasGreeting | Iniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal ⓘ |
| includesFood |
mango-based dishes
ⓘ
payasam (sweet pudding) ⓘ traditional vegetarian feast ⓘ variety of sweet and savory items ⓘ |
| linkedTo | South and Southeast Asian solar New Year traditions ⓘ |
| marksBeginningOf | Tamil calendar year ⓘ |
| observanceType | annual ⓘ |
| observedAs |
public holiday in Sri Lanka for Tamils
ⓘ
public holiday in Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Hindu
ⓘ
linked to:
Hinduism
secular cultural celebration ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianDate | April 14 ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianDateRange | April 13–April 15 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tamil New Year Description of subject: Tamil New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Tamils, marking the first day of the Tamil calendar month Chithirai with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and festive celebrations.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tamil New Year
linked to: Tamil New Year
linked to: Tamil New Year
linked to: Tamil New Year