Nagaraja Temple

Nagaraja Temple is an early large temple found in the city of near the southern tip of , India. Its dating is uncertain but likely pre-12th-century.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: temple in India
  • Also known as: “Nagaraja Temple, Nagercoil”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nagercoil Clock Tower and St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.

Clock
Photo: Infocaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Nagercoil Tower Junction, is situated in the heart of the city of , . The clock in the tower was presented to the Maharajah of Travancore by the European missionary, Rev. is situated 410 metres southwest of Nagaraja Temple.

Church
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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, also known as St. Xavier Church, is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite shrine in , , in the of state, . is situated 1½ km southeast of Nagaraja Temple.

Railway station
Photo: Kkdrua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway junction in in the state of . is situated 2 km southeast of Nagaraja Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagercoil and Vadasery.

Photo: Meenkulambu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil, is a City and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in state, India. Situated close to the tip of the , it lies on an undulating terrain between the and the Arabian Sea.

Suburb
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is an area/village of city in , , India. It is also famous for its Christopher bus stand, one of the two bus termini in Nagercoil is located here.

Suburb
is a locality and a bazaar area of , state, in the southernmost part of Peninsular . It is the original town around which the city of grew and was an ancient trade centre of both Pandyans and Cheras at various times.

Nagaraja Temple

Latitude
8.18722° or 8° 11′ 14″ north
Longitude
77.43325° or 77° 25′ 60″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
6JWV5CPM+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 253174996
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q6958528
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“Nagaraja Temple” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “納蓋科伊爾八龍王寺”
  • Kannada: “ನಾಗರಾಜ ದೇವಾಲಯ ನಗೆರ್ಕೋಯಿಲ್”
  • Persian: “معبد ناگاراجا، ناگرکویل”
  • Russian: “Храм Нагараджа”
  • Tamil: “நாகராஜா கோவில்”

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