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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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=Agastyamalai (or Agastya-kutam)=

A. conical isolated mountain 
peak in the southern portion of the Western Ghats, situated in 8o°37'N. 
and 77 degree 15' E., in the Neyyatthekara taluk of Travancore State, 
Madras. It is locally known as the Sahya Parvatam and is 6,200 feet 
high. The boundary between Travancore and TinNewselly District runs 
over it. It was formerly an important astronomical station, where two 
series of observations were taken by Mr. Broun between 1855 and 1865.
 
Two rivers rise from this hill, the sacred Tambraparni running east 
through TinNewselly District, and the Neyyar flowing west through the 
Neyyatthekara taluk of Travancore. 

The orthodox believe that the sage 
Agastya Maharshi, regarded by modern scholars as the pioneer of Aryan 
civilization in Southern India and the name-father of the hill, still lives 
on the peak as a yogi in pious seclusion.