Image title: Vyalinatha (Tirukameshvarar Temple)

Fig.64: Vyalinatha (Tirukameshvarar Temple, Villianur, Puducherry) is having long matted hair, which also covered his ears. He is wearing a langoti and cross belts on his chests. His right leg is hanging down and the left leg is folded upward on the back of the Vyali. He is holding a flag like attribute in his right hand and his left hand is resting on the left knee in lola-hastamudra. A wallet on his left shoulder is also visible.

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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.