Image title: Minanatha with other Siddhas

Full title: Minanatha with other Siddhas, Mallikarjuna Temple, Shrisailam.

Fig.23: A panel from Shrisailam temple in which Minanatha along with other Siddhas is depicted in yogic postures. Minanatha is on a fish in a pariyankasana. His right hand is resting on the fish and a wallet is tied at the shoulder. He is holding the rudrakshamala, yoga-danda and a kamandala in his left hand. He is facing the other Siddhas on this panel. Next to him, the Goraksha is on a tiger skin, in padmasana. His hands are holding the yoga-danda, on which his head is resting. He is wearing langoti, anklets, and bangle like rings on his wrists. Next to him is a Siddha yogi with langoti is depicted offering a deer horn to Goraksha seated on the tiger skin. Another Siddha is depicted in a typical Garbhasana pose as shown in Fig.3. His right leg is folded and resting in the ground, his left leg foot is resting on his right leg knee. His left hand is resting on the left leg knee, and his head is resting on his left hand palm. He is wearing a rudrakshamala in his neck and in his arms; and kundalas in his ears.

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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.