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Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu · 8.1876°, 77.4331°
The serpent temple that gives Nagercoil its name, with a sanctum for the five-headed Nagaraja and further shrines to Ananthakrishna with Rukmini and Satyabhama, and to Shiva. Sixteenth-century inscriptions describe it as a Jain temple, and its pillar carving resembles work of the ninth to twelfth centuries.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
A Nambudiri Brahmin returning from a Pandyan king's court is said to have rediscovered a Naga image here and begun its worship, later installing Vishnu and Shiva after a vision.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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