Image title: Siddha (Tirukolur Vishnu temple)

Fig.77: A Siddha (Tirukolur Vishnu temple, south Tamilnadu) is standing in usual Vrkshasana pose on his left leg and his right leg is folded to his left thigh. His hands are raised above his head in anjali mudra. He is having a beard and a long hair which is hanging back from his head. He is wearing a dothi on his waist. Big karnakundalas, rings on his arms and wrists, and a boar behind him are shown.

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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.