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The Pothigai Hills, also known as Agasthiyar Mountain, is a 1,866-metre -tall peak in the southern part of the Western Ghats or Sahyadri of South India. The peak lies in Tirunelveli District of Tamil
Agasthiyar malai, the highest of 26 peaks in these hills over 1,600 metres (5,200 ft)
Pothigai Hills Range
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Statue of Agastya, 12th century CE. Shrines of Agastya, chairman of the first Tamil Sangam in Madurai Pandya kingdom, are worshipped at the Tamraparni river's source and in Sri Lanka, ancient Tamraparni
Agastya
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Agastya was a revered Indian sage of Hinduism. In the Indian tradition, he is a noted recluse and an influential scholar in diverse languages of the Indian subcontinent. He is regarded in some traditi
Pothigai
…mountains. According to the Tambraparni Mahatmyam, an ancient account of the river from its rise to its mouth, a string of red lotus flowers from sage Agastya at Agastya Malai, Pothigai hills, transformed itself into a damsel at the sight of Shiva, forming the river at the source and giving it its divine name…
Agathiyar
Sage Agastya in seated posture. This sculpture is from Angkor period, Cambodia, c. 975 CE.
Maharishi Agastya and Lopāmudrā
Agathiyar, Tamil Nadu