Image title: Minanatha (Ekamparanatha temple)

Fig.33: Minanatha (Ekamparanatha temple, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu) in ardhamatshyendrasana is artistically depicted with his appendages like long matted hair, rings on his arms and wrists, a wallet on his left shoulder, large kundalas, etc. On his thigh, a small yoga-danda is placed on which his right hand is resting in a danda-hasta mudra. Fish is also depicted in an artistic way.

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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.