Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple

Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple 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.

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. Appar and Sage Agasthia with his wife Lopamudra worshipped the presiding deity of the temple.

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.