Aadi Perukku
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Aadi Perukku is a Tamil Hindu festival dedicated to celebrating and giving thanks for water resources, especially rivers, and praying for prosperity and agricultural abundance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aadi Perukku canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6971446 — 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: Aadi Perukku Context triple: [Tamil culture, hasFestival, Aadi Perukku]
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A.
Panguni Uttiram
Panguni Uttiram is a major Tamil Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Panguni, especially in temples like Srirangam, marking divine marriages and associated with devotion to deities such as Vishnu and Murugan.
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B.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
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C.
Karthigai Deepam
Karthigai Deepam is a traditional Tamil Hindu festival of lights, especially prominent in Tamil Nadu, that celebrates the worship of Lord Shiva through the lighting of oil lamps in homes and temples.
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D.
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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E.
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vaikunta Ekadasi is a highly revered Hindu holy day dedicated to Lord Vishnu, observed with fasting, night-long prayers, and special temple rituals, especially in South 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: Aadi Perukku Target entity description: Aadi Perukku is a Tamil Hindu festival dedicated to celebrating and giving thanks for water resources, especially rivers, and praying for prosperity and agricultural abundance.
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A.
Panguni Uttiram
Panguni Uttiram is a major Tamil Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Panguni, especially in temples like Srirangam, marking divine marriages and associated with devotion to deities such as Vishnu and Murugan.
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B.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
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C.
Karthigai Deepam
Karthigai Deepam is a traditional Tamil Hindu festival of lights, especially prominent in Tamil Nadu, that celebrates the worship of Lord Shiva through the lighting of oil lamps in homes and temples.
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D.
Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala is a renowned annual Hindu women’s festival in Kerala, India, where millions of devotees gather to prepare a ritual offering of sweet rice to the goddess Attukal Amma.
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E.
Onam
Onam is a major annual harvest and cultural festival of Kerala, celebrated with elaborate feasts, traditional dances, boat races, and floral decorations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
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Tamil festival ⓘ |
| approxGregorianDate | late July or early August ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Kaveri as a goddess
ⓘ
river goddesses ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agricultural cycle
ⓘ
monsoon season ⓘ river flooding ⓘ |
| calendar | Tamil calendar ⓘ |
| culture | Tamil culture ⓘ |
| dateRule | 18th day of Aadi ⓘ |
| etymology |
"Aadi" is the fourth month of the Tamil calendar
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"Perukku" refers to swelling or rising (of water) ⓘ |
| languageContext | Tamil ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
prayer for agricultural abundance
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prayer for prosperity ⓘ river worship ⓘ thanksgiving for water resources ⓘ |
| month | Aadi ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Tamil Hindus
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linked to:
Tamil people
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| observedIn |
Puducherry
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Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| primaryRiver |
Kaveri River
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linked to:
Kaveri
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| purpose |
to mark the rise of water levels in rivers
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to pray for good harvest ⓘ to seek prosperity for families ⓘ to thank nature for water resources ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritual |
family picnics by rivers
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floating lamps on rivers ⓘ offering flowers and fruits to rivers ⓘ offering prayers at riverbanks ⓘ preparing special festive meals ⓘ tying sacred threads for protection and prosperity ⓘ worship of deities associated with water ⓘ |
| significance |
celebrates life-sustaining role of water
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expresses gratitude for monsoon rains ⓘ invokes blessings for agricultural prosperity ⓘ |
| socialAspect |
community celebrations
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family gatherings ⓘ |
| typeOfOffering |
flower garlands
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fruits ⓘ rice-based dishes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aadi Perukku Description of subject: Aadi Perukku is a Tamil Hindu festival dedicated to celebrating and giving thanks for water resources, especially rivers, and praying for prosperity and agricultural abundance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kaveri river (as sacred landscape)