Image title: Gorakha Siddhar

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

Fig. 179: This is said to be the jiva samadhi of Gorakha Siddhar. It is located in the Vadakku Poigai Nallur village of Nagapattinam. Recently a big mandapa was built in which ascetics from different parts are coming and staying. In the entrance of this temple, the eighteen Tamil Siddhar images were installed.

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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.