Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple

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Arupadai Veedu Hindu temple Murugan temple pilgrimage site

Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple is an ancient and highly revered Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to Lord Murugan, famed as one of his six abodes and a major pilgrimage center.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple	4
Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple canonical	4
Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thirupparankundram	1
Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6971827 — 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: Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple
Context triple: [Skanda Sashti, majorTempleCelebration, Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple]

A. Marudamalai Murugan Temple
Marudamalai Murugan Temple is a prominent hilltop Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to Lord Murugan, renowned as a major pilgrimage site and scenic spiritual destination.
B. Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple is a renowned Hindu hill temple near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, revered as one of the six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu) of Lord Murugan.
C. Tiruttani Murugan Temple
Tiruttani Murugan Temple is a prominent Hindu hilltop shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, revered as one of the six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu) of the god Murugan.
D. Swamimalai Murugan Temple
Swamimalai Murugan Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Murugan and revered as one of his six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu).
E. Palani Murugan Temple
Palani Murugan Temple is a major Hindu hill shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Murugan and revered as one of his most important pilgrimage centers.
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: Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple
Target entity description: Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple is an ancient and highly revered Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to Lord Murugan, famed as one of his six abodes and a major pilgrimage center.

A. Marudamalai Murugan Temple
Marudamalai Murugan Temple is a prominent hilltop Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu dedicated to Lord Murugan, renowned as a major pilgrimage site and scenic spiritual destination.
B. Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple is a renowned Hindu hill temple near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, revered as one of the six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu) of Lord Murugan.
C. Tiruttani Murugan Temple
Tiruttani Murugan Temple is a prominent Hindu hilltop shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, revered as one of the six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu) of the god Murugan.
D. Swamimalai Murugan Temple
Swamimalai Murugan Temple is a prominent Hindu shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Murugan and revered as one of his six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu).
E. Palani Murugan Temple
Palani Murugan Temple is a major Hindu hill shrine in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Lord Murugan and revered as one of his most important pilgrimage centers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arupadai Veedu ⓘ Hindu temple ⓘ Murugan temple ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thirupparankundram ⓘ linked to: Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple
architectureStyle	Dravidian architecture ⓘ
architectureType	rock-cut temple ⓘ
associatedDeity	Devasena ⓘ Durga ⓘ linked to: Goddess Durga Ganesha ⓘ Nandi ⓘ Shiva ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWith	Skanda Purana ⓘ Tamil Saivite literature ⓘ Tiruppugazh hymns ⓘ linked to: Tiruppugazh
builtOn	hill ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Murugan ⓘ
deity	Kartikeya ⓘ Murugan ⓘ Subramanya ⓘ
district	Madurai district ⓘ
famousFor	Murugan–Devasena marriage legend ⓘ ancient rock-cut architecture ⓘ being one of the six abodes of Murugan ⓘ
features	gopuram ⓘ mandapam ⓘ rock-cut sanctum ⓘ sub-shrines for various deities ⓘ
follows	Tamil Hindu temple tradition ⓘ
governingBody	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
hasRitual	abhishekam to Murugan ⓘ daily puja ⓘ procession of deities during festivals ⓘ
locatedIn	India ⓘ Madurai district ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Thiruparankundram ⓘ
majorFestival	Karthigai Deepam ⓘ Panguni Uthiram ⓘ linked to: Panguni Uttiram Skanda Sashti ⓘ Thai Poosam ⓘ
oneOfSixAbodesOf	Murugan ⓘ
openTo	devotees and pilgrims ⓘ
partOf	Arupadai Veedu of Murugan ⓘ
pilgrimageImportance	major Murugan pilgrimage center in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
situatedAt	foot of Thiruparankundram hill ⓘ
state	Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient ⓘ
tradition	Shaivism ⓘ
worshipLanguage	Tamil ⓘ

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