Nagaraja Temple

Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu Hindu worship of Nagaraja, with Jain figures remaining in the mandapa

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 28, 2026. Next scan Oct 28, 2026.

“The city’s older name, Nagarkoyil, is explained as the temple of the nagas.”

Editorial summary of the published place-name explanation. Not an inscription.

Photograph

Stored photograph. The earliest frame in this record is 7 January 2007.

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Color photograph of a large tree in the Nagaraja Temple grounds at Nagercoil, with carved serpent stones set around its platform.

Grounds, tree, and serpent stones

Earliest photograph in this record that can be republished. It was taken at the temple and shows a large tree with carved serpent stones around its platform. It does not show the sanctum or a measured elevation.

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7 January 2007 Temple from outside
18 February 2021 Grounds, tree, and serpent stones

18 February 2021 A.S. Thanumaleayan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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Sanctum Unknown or insufficient evidence · Medium confidence No measured plan is stored. The sanctum is named from the secondary account, not from a drawing.