Image title: Minanatha, Gorakshanatha and Chaurangi

Full title: Minanatha, Gorakshanatha and Chaurangi seated on their respective vehicles Mallikarjuna Temple, Shrisailam, Andhra Pradesh.

Fig. 1: This panel is found on the prakara wall of the Mallikarjuna temple, Shrisailam, Andhra Pradesh. It depict Minanatha seated on a fish in a paryankasana,with matted hair, wearing big ear rings (karnakundala); his right hand is resting on a staff (yoga-danda);his left hand is resting on the folded left knee in a lola-hasta posture. Followed by Minanatha, Gorakshanatha is depicted as also in a paryankasana on a tiger, which is in a striding posture. He is wearing big karnakundalas, his right hand is resting on the back of the tiger and his left hand on the folded left knee in a lola-hasta posture. Next to this, Chauranginatha is depicted as he was seated on a deer with his left leg folded and bound with yoga-patta. The left hand is in abhaya mudra and the right hand is in vyakarna mudra.

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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.