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High medieval · Hindu · India
Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple
Agastheeswaram, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu · 8.1103°, 77.5242°
Shiva (Agastheeswarar), with the goddess AmuthavalliUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple 5 km from Kanyakumari that gives its name to the surrounding taluk, counted among the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Appar and associated with the sage Agastya and his wife Lopamudra.