Varadaraja shrine
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Varadaraja shrine is a sub-shrine within the historic Parthasarathy Temple complex in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to the Hindu deity Varadaraja Perumal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Varadaraja shrine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3211847 — 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: Varadaraja shrine Context triple: [Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane, hasShrine, Varadaraja shrine]
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Narasimha shrine
The Narasimha shrine is a dedicated sanctum within the Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, honoring the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.
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B.
Parthasarathy shrine
Parthasarathy shrine is a principal sanctum within the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to Lord Krishna in his role as the charioteer of Arjuna.
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C.
Chakrapani Temple
Chakrapani Temple is a historic Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, dedicated to Lord Vishnu in his form as Chakrapani (the discus-wielding deity), renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Rama shrine
The Rama shrine is a sanctum within the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to the worship of Lord Rama and associated deities from the Ramayana tradition.
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E.
Karpagambal shrine
Karpagambal shrine is a prominent sanctum dedicated to the goddess Parvati in her Karpagambal form within the historic Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
- 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: Varadaraja shrine Target entity description: Varadaraja shrine is a sub-shrine within the historic Parthasarathy Temple complex in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to the Hindu deity Varadaraja Perumal.
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A.
Narasimha shrine
The Narasimha shrine is a dedicated sanctum within the Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, honoring the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.
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B.
Parthasarathy shrine
Parthasarathy shrine is a principal sanctum within the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to Lord Krishna in his role as the charioteer of Arjuna.
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C.
Chakrapani Temple
Chakrapani Temple is a historic Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, dedicated to Lord Vishnu in his form as Chakrapani (the discus-wielding deity), renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Rama shrine
The Rama shrine is a sanctum within the historic Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to the worship of Lord Rama and associated deities from the Ramayana tradition.
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E.
Karpagambal shrine
Karpagambal shrine is a prominent sanctum dedicated to the goddess Parvati in her Karpagambal form within the historic Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu temple sub-shrine
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religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dravidian architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian temple architecture
|
| associatedWithTradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| belongsToSect | Sri Vaishnava tradition (Parthasarathy Temple) ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Varadaraja Perumal
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| festivalAssociation | Vaishnavite festivals at Parthasarathy Temple ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | local devotional importance in Triplicane ⓘ |
| hasDeityType | Vishnu temple shrine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfRitual |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Chennai ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | India ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Triplicane ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedInTempleComplex | Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane ⓘ |
| partOf |
Parthasarathy Temple complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Parthasarathy Temple
|
| primaryDeityForm | Varadaraja ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| subShrineOfDeity | Krishna (Parthasarathy) at Parthasarathy Temple ⓘ |
| usedFor | Hindu worship ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
alankaram
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archana ⓘ deepa aradhana ⓘ puja ⓘ |
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: Varadaraja shrine Description of subject: Varadaraja shrine is a sub-shrine within the historic Parthasarathy Temple complex in Triplicane, Chennai, dedicated to the Hindu deity Varadaraja Perumal.
Referenced by (1)
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