Image title: Virupaksha cave

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

Fig.173: This is the inner view of the Virupaksha cave, located some hundred meters above, in the Tiruvannamalai hills. In this cave, Ramana Mahariishi stayed from 1899 to 1916.

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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.