Image title: Bhairava (Shrisailam)

Fig.57: Bhairava (Shrisailam, Kurnul dist., Andhra Pradesh) on a rounded block of stone on the top of the prakara wall, in which along with all of his appendages, a scorpion is depicted under his feet; as scorpion being the lanchana of Lord Bhairava. Scorpion under feet of the Bhairava is also found in a dilapidated sculpture at Mulanatha temple in Bahur.

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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.