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.

gollark: We should buy them the abstract concept of type theory, obviously.
gollark: <@340557822213226499> Please forward to Xavier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ectLvzVS8LE
gollark: Maybe I should skim the code for that quickly, or I guess I could not since the exams are usually very very long.
gollark: Oh, the prerelease questions, right.
gollark: I see.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.