Image title: Siddha (Chinnagandhipuram)

[Series: Historical Continuity of the Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu].

Fig. 165: This isolated sculpture is found in Chinnagandhipuram village of Palani taluk, Dindigul dist.,Tamilnadu. Devotees refer to this sculpture as that of Siddha Bogar who came here to prepare herbal medicines. He is seated in a lalitasana pose, his left hand in lola-hasta mudra and his right hand is chin mudra.

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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.