Image title: Minanatha (Jalakanteshvara temple)

Fig. 5 to 13, are depicted on two pillars on either side of the (mukhamandapa) of the Jalakanteshvara temple in Kalasipaliayam, near Bangalore in Karnataka, datable to late or post Vijayanagara period 16th –17th century.

Fig. 5: Minanatha seated on fish as his right hand is resting on his right leg knee and his left folded. His left hand is completely resting on the fish in a katyavalambita mudra. He is wearing bangle like rings on his both arms and wrists and a thick necklace like ornament; a yoga-danda is placed behind his right hand knee, a wallet is tied in his left hand arm; he is having the matted hair and wearing big karnakundalas.

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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.