Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple

Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple (அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Vadugan Patru[2] in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Agastheeswarar. His consort is known as Amuthavalli.[3]

Location

This temple is located at about 100 metres from Vadugan Patru bus stop, 1 km from Kottaram and 5 kms from Kanyakumari.[2]

Significance

It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar.[3] Appar and Sage Agasthia with his wife Lopamudra worshipped the presiding deity of the temple.[2]

Another Agastheeswarar Temple

There is another temple in the name of Agastheeswar Temple dedicated to Shiva, in the town of Agathiyampalli, Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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References
  1. ta:அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்
  2. Agastheeswarar Temple, Vadugan Patru Kanyakumari, 28 June 2019
  3. அகத்தீஸ்வரர் திருக்கோவில், அகத்தீச்சரம், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள்

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