Image title: Minanatha (Virabhadra temple)

Fig. 42: Minanatha (Virabhadra temple, Lepakshi, Ananthpur dist., Andhra Pradesh) seated on a fish. His matted hair, medallion, wallet, kundalas are clearly visible. His right leg is lying on the fish and on folded left leg he is keeping both his hands. Among the Navanathas, only the sculptures of Minanatha in different postures are found on many pillars of this temple.

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The Siddha/Natha tradition symbolize the most comprehensive understanding and application of the theoretical and methodological tenets of Tantric philosophy. There are many Siddha-centres all over the Tamilnadu. The temples in Tamil-Nadu contain the sculptures depicting the Tantric rites and the images of the venerated Siddhas in it.