Agasteeswaram Agasteeswarar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kanyakumari
Deity	Agasteeswarar
Festivals	Maha Shivaratri
Location
Location	Agastheeswaram
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Agasteeswarar Temple, Agastheeswaram, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	8°06′37″N 77°31′27″E / 8.1103°N 77.5242°E / 8.1103; 77.5242
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Specifications
Temple(s)	One
Elevation	39.69 m (130 ft)

Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple (அகத்தீச்சுரம் அகத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்)^[1] is a Hindu temple located at Vadugan Patru^[2] in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Agastheeswarar. His consort is known as Amuthavalli.^[3]

Location

This temple is located at about 100 metres from Vadugan Patru bus stop, 1 km from Kottaram and 5 km from Kanyakumari.^[2]

Significance

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

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.