Image title: Varahanatha (Shrirangam temple)

Fig.73: Varahanatha (Shrirangam temple, Shrirangam, Tamilnadu) is in Vrkshasana pose, standing on his left leg in anjali mudra and his right leg is folded towards his left knee. He is wearing a loin cloth, rings on his arms and wrists and found with a short beard. A small boar is standing behind him. His hairdo is in typical Chaliukyan style.

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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.