Teppotsavam
E745470
Teppotsavam is a traditional South Indian float festival in which deities are ceremonially taken on elaborately decorated boats around a temple tank, accompanied by music, lights, and large crowds of devotees.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teppam festival | 1 |
| Teppotsavam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8614708 — 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: Teppotsavam Context triple: [Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam, festivalType, Teppotsavam]
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A.
Sister's Meal Festival
Sister's Meal Festival is a traditional Miao courtship and spring celebration in China, known for its colorful costumes, singing, dancing, and the ritual of young women offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors.
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B.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
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C.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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D.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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E.
Matsuri
"Matsuri" is a notable musical work by Japanese new-age musician Kitaro, known for its evocative, festival-inspired soundscapes.
- 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: Teppotsavam Target entity description: Teppotsavam is a traditional South Indian float festival in which deities are ceremonially taken on elaborately decorated boats around a temple tank, accompanied by music, lights, and large crowds of devotees.
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A.
Sister's Meal Festival
Sister's Meal Festival is a traditional Miao courtship and spring celebration in China, known for its colorful costumes, singing, dancing, and the ritual of young women offering dyed glutinous rice to suitors.
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B.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
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C.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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D.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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E.
Matsuri
"Matsuri" is a notable musical work by Japanese new-age musician Kitaro, known for its evocative, festival-inspired soundscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu religious festival
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float festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andhra Pradesh
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Karnataka ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Telangana ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
collective devotion
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ritual movement around sacred space ⓘ visual splendor ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
local devotees
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pilgrims ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | South India ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from Dravidian languages meaning float festival ⓘ |
| hasKeyElement |
float of deities on water
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offerings and prayers ⓘ ritual circumambulation of tank ⓘ special decorations ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext |
Kannada
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Malayalam ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| hasRitualPurpose |
celebration of temple deities
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community participation in worship ⓘ seeking divine blessings ⓘ |
| hasSpatialContext | on the waters of a temple tank ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | held on specific auspicious days ⓘ |
| involves |
decorated boats
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devotional music ⓘ illumination with lights ⓘ large crowds of devotees ⓘ procession of deities ⓘ temple tank ⓘ |
| isPartOf | annual temple festival cycle ⓘ |
| isTypeOf |
processional worship
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public religious celebration ⓘ |
| performedAt | Hindu temples with temple tanks ⓘ |
| uses |
electric lights
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oil lamps ⓘ rafts or barges ⓘ traditional musical instruments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Teppotsavam Description of subject: Teppotsavam is a traditional South Indian float festival in which deities are ceremonially taken on elaborately decorated boats around a temple tank, accompanied by music, lights, and large crowds of devotees.
Referenced by (2)
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