Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple Explained

Agasteeswaram Agasteeswarar Temple
Map Type:Tamil Nadu
Coordinates:8.1103°N 77.5242°W
Country:India
State:Tamil Nadu
District:Kanyakumari
Location:Agastheeswaram
Elevation M:39.69
Deity:Agasteeswarar
Festivals:Maha Shivaratri
Architecture:Dravidian architecture
Temple Quantity:One

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

Location

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

Significance

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

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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Notes and References

  1. [:ta:அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்]
  2. http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vt_kovil1/vt1.php அகத்தீஸ்வரர் திருக்கோவில், அகத்தீச்சரம், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள்
  3. https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/2019/06/agastheeswarar-temple-vadugan-patru-kanyakumari.html Agastheeswarar Temple, Vadugan Patru Kanyakumari, 28 June 2019