Image title: Kannadi Samy

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

Fig. 181: Around the foothills of Tiruvannamalai, there are thousands of samadhis, said to be the jiva samadhis of the Siddhas who lived there. The samadhi of Sadai Samy and Kannadi Samy as shown in here which are located in the premises of Sheshadri Samy Ashram next to the Ramanashram.

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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.