Image title: Varahanatha (Tirukurungudi)

Fig.78: Varahanatha (Tirukurungudi, Tirunelveli dist., Tamilnadu) is found in a separate miniature shrine in the niche, indicating his important place probably as the varaha incarnation of Vishnu. (In the same temple Minanatha is depicted in a very artistically. See Fig.25).

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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.