Image title: Shri Vannaraparadesi Siddhar

[Series: Celebrated Siddha Shrines/Samadhis in Puducherry]

Fig. 189: This is the samadhi shrine of Shri Vannaraparadesi Siddhar, located in the Odiyampattu village of Puducherry. Recently a mandapa is constructed on this samadhi and it attracts good number of devotees.

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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.