Image title: Male figure (depicted with sat-cakras)

Fig. 139: This sculpture is found on the ceiling beam of the Puthumandapa of Tiruvotriyur Shiva temple. In this, a male figure he is depicted with sat-cakras in the respective places of his body starting from muladhara to Sahasrara. Below his feet the moon (ida) is shown and above the head the Sun is shownt (pingala). Though it seems to be of a later period, this kind of sculptures are a rare.

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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.