Vidya Shankara Temple

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Hindu temple historic monument

Vidya Shankara Temple is a historic and architecturally significant Hindu temple in Sringeri, Karnataka, renowned for its unique blend of Hoysala and Vijayanagara styles and its association with the Sringeri Sharada Peetham.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sri Sharada Temple, Sringeri	1
Sri Vidyashankara Temple	1
Vidya Shankara Temple canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5375651 — 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: Vidya Shankara Temple
Context triple: [Sringeri Sharada Peetham, hasTemple, Vidya Shankara Temple]

A. Shankaracharya Temple
Shankaracharya Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated atop a hill overlooking Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley.
B. Vishvanatha Temple
Vishvanatha Temple is a prominent 11th-century Hindu temple at Khajuraho, India, renowned for its intricate Nagara-style architecture and elaborate stone carvings dedicated to Lord Shiva.
C. Uchi Pillayar Temple
Uchi Pillayar Temple is a prominent hilltop Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ganesha, located atop the Rockfort in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
D. Radha Gopinath Temple
Radha Gopinath Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to the worship of Radha and Krishna in their Gopinath form.
E. Nageshwarnath Temple
Nageshwarnath Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Ayodhya dedicated to Lord Shiva and revered as one of the city's prominent religious landmarks.
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: Vidya Shankara Temple
Target entity description: Vidya Shankara Temple is a historic and architecturally significant Hindu temple in Sringeri, Karnataka, renowned for its unique blend of Hoysala and Vijayanagara styles and its association with the Sringeri Sharada Peetham.

A. Shankaracharya Temple
Shankaracharya Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated atop a hill overlooking Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley.
B. Vishvanatha Temple
Vishvanatha Temple is a prominent 11th-century Hindu temple at Khajuraho, India, renowned for its intricate Nagara-style architecture and elaborate stone carvings dedicated to Lord Shiva.
C. Uchi Pillayar Temple
Uchi Pillayar Temple is a prominent hilltop Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ganesha, located atop the Rockfort in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
D. Radha Gopinath Temple
Radha Gopinath Temple is a prominent Hindu temple in Vrindavan dedicated to the worship of Radha and Krishna in their Gopinath form.
E. Nageshwarnath Temple
Nageshwarnath Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine in Ayodhya dedicated to Lord Shiva and revered as one of the city's prominent religious landmarks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu temple ⓘ historic monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Dravidian architecture ⓘ Hoysala architecture ⓘ linked to: Hoysala style Vijayanagara architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ Advaita Vedanta tradition ⓘ Jagadguru Shankaracharyas of Sringeri ⓘ linked to: Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Sringeri Sharada Peetham ⓘ
builtFor	commemoration of Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
constructionMaterial	stone ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important center of Advaita learning in Sringeri complex ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Shiva ⓘ
era	Vijayanagara period ⓘ linked to: Vijayanagara Empire
function	pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
governedBy	Sringeri Sharada Peetham ⓘ
hasArt	mythological scenes ⓘ reliefs of Hindu deities ⓘ yali (mythical creature) carvings ⓘ
hasDeity	Vidya Shankara (form of Shiva) ⓘ linked to: Dakshinamurthy
hasFeature	carved ceilings ⓘ carved friezes ⓘ elevated platform ⓘ garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) ⓘ gopuram-like entrance ⓘ intricate sculptures ⓘ mandapa with twelve pillars ⓘ pillars corresponding to zodiac signs ⓘ prakara (enclosure) ⓘ stone vimana ⓘ
hasOrientation	aligned with solar movement for certain days ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument under Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
knownFor	blend of Hoysala and Vijayanagara styles ⓘ ornate stone pillars ⓘ stone astronomical features ⓘ zodiac-aligned pillars ⓘ
locatedIn	Chikkamagaluru district ⓘ Karnataka ⓘ South India ⓘ Sringeri ⓘ linked to: Shringeri
locatedOn	banks of the Tunga River ⓘ
near	Sringeri Sharada Temple ⓘ Western Ghats region ⓘ linked to: Western Ghats
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism attraction ⓘ religious tourism attraction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Sringeri Sharada Peetham → hasTemple → Vidya Shankara Temple ⓘ

Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji → associatedWith → Sri Sharada Temple, Sringeri ⓘ

linked to: Vidya Shankara Temple

Shringeri → hasTemple → Sri Vidyashankara Temple ⓘ