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'''Agastheeswaram''' is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Kanniyakumari district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].

==History==

Agasteeswaram is named after Sage Agastya who had visited this place to teach Ramayana. Most of the people from this village are well educated when compared with other districts in Tamil Nadu. Vivekanandha college is located in Agasteeswararam.
Along with the talukas of Thovalay, Kalculam, Eraneel and Velavancode, Agasteeswaram was a part of the southern division (aka Padmanabhapuram division) of the erstwhile [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]]<ref>Shungoony Menon, P. (1878). [https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times] (pdf). Madras: Higgin Botham & Co. p. 171. Retrieved 5 May 2016.</ref> until its union with Cochin in 1949 and continued to be a part of the state of Travancore- Cochin until November 1, 1956.
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File:Agastya.jpg|Sage Agastya
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==Agastheeswaram ==

Below are the words extracted from the Travancore state manual about the Agastisvaram Nadan rich chieftain who enjoyed special benefits from the Trovancore Rajah, that family belonged to the sub-caste Nadan an endogamous group among the Nadars.

The Travancore state manual says "This is also the headquarters of the Shanar tribe, where their Nadan or chieftain resides, who was formerly allowed the privileges of having a fort, of riding in a palanquin and of retaining a hundred armed attendants."

Ref: The [[Travancore]] state manual, Volume 2 Page 57

One of the principal devil temples in Travancore is that represented in the annexed engraving situated at Agastispuram, near cape comorin ; which is also the headquarters of the Shanar tribe where their Nadan, or Chieftain, resides, who was formerly allowed the privileges of having a fort, riding in a palankeen, and retaining 100 armed attendants, which he is too reduced to support now .
Ref: 1871 Samuel mateer-The Land of Charity- page 219

==Kottaram==
[[Kottaram]] is one of the Panchayat town in the Agastheeswaram Taluk. It is situated 6 km from Kanyakumari. People of different religions like Hindus, Christians and Muslims live here. CSI, Catholic, AG, IPC and many other independent Christian churches can be found here.

[[File:CSI District Church Kottaram.jpg|thumb|CSI District Church Kottaram]]
[[File:A idol of Agastya muni at Shri Datta Temple Near Vattakottai Fort,Kanyakumari.jpg|thumb|A idol of sage Agastya at Shri Datta Temple Near Vattakottai Fort, Kanyakumari District]]

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Agastheeswaram had a population of 8978. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Agastheeswaram has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 50% of the males and 50% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Famous People from Agastheeswaram==
* [[Poongani]] the traditional musical story teller was born near here in 1934.<ref name=dinamani>{{cite news|newspaper=Dinamani|url=http://www.dinamani.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/2018/jun/27/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-2948464.html|date=27 June 2018|access-date=11 November 2018|language=ta|author=T. Ramakrishnan|title=தமிழகத்தின் முதல் பெண் வில்லுப்பாட்டுக் கலைஞர்!}}</ref>
* [[Paul Harris Daniel|Dr. P.H. Daniel (also, Paul Harris Daniel)]] - Doctor who first started employee union in South Indian Tea Estates. [[Paradesi (2013 film)|Paradesi]] movie is based on his novel ''Red Tea'' (also translated into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ''எரியும் பனிக்காடு'').
* [[J. C. Daniel|Dr. J. C. Daniel Nadar]] - Father of Malayalam Cinema, lived here until he died in 1975.
* [[Kumari Ananthan]], his brother [[H. Vasanthakumar]], daughter [[Tamilisai Soundarrajan]] - Political and entrepreneurial dynasty.

==See also==
*[[Mangavilai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Regions of Kanyakumari}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]

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