Image title: Siddha (Kote Venkateshvara Perumal temple)

[Series: Representations of Yogic Postures of the Siddhas and Nāthas in the Medieval Temples]

Fig. 109: This sculpture is found in ardhamandapa of Kote Venkateshvara Perumal temple near Tipu Palace in Bangalore. He is depicted as similarly as in Fig.100. Besides, his big kundala, neck ornaments and other appendages are clearly sculpted than the above said one.

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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.