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'''Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple''' (அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Vadugan Patru<ref name="tt"/> in [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Agastheeswarar. His consort is known as Amuthavalli.<ref name="st"> [http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vt_kovil1/vt1.php அகத்தீஸ்வரர் திருக்கோவில், அகத்தீச்சரம், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள்] </ref><br />
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== Location ==<br />
This temple is located at about 100 metres from Vadugan Patru bus stop, 1 km from Kottaram and 5 km from [[Kanyakumari]].<ref name="tt"/> <br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam|Vaippu Sthalams]] sung by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Appar]].<ref name="st"/> Appar and Sage Agasthia with his wife Lopamudra worshipped the presiding deity of the temple.<ref name="tt"> [https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/2019/06/agastheeswarar-temple-vadugan-patru-kanyakumari.html Agastheeswarar Temple, Vadugan Patru Kanyakumari, 28 June 2019]</ref><br />
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==Another Agastheeswarar Temple==<br />
There is another temple in the name of [[Agastheeswar Temple]] dedicated to [[Shiva]], in the town of [[Agathiyampalli]], [[Nagapattinam district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/moovar-thevara-vaippu-thalangal Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், agaththIccuram, Sl.No.2 of 139 temples]<br />
* [http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vtlist1.php Shiva Temples, தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், அகத்திச்சுரம், Sl.No.1 of 133 temples, page1]<br />
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