A devotee of Agathiyar has ventured to install the statues of all 18 Siddhas in a temple of Lord Ganapathi near his home in Coimbatore, close to the Barathiyar University, with the blessings of Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal. Surendaran Selvaratnam and Bala Chandran of Malaysia have graciously each taken up the cost to create a couple of these statues. Suren put a question to me, "How do we identify or differentiate these Siddhas." I was puzzled too. They all look alike.
Agathiyar has been depicted in many forms. These are available on the net.
Among the many forms of Agathiyar, Agathiyar chooses to have us create a replica of him in Agasthiyampalli, Vedaranyam and now graces our home, Agathiyar Vanam in Malaysia. His bronze image was crafted beautifully by Varadaraj of the Bronze Creative based in Swamimalai. This image has captivated many devotees to the extent Agathiyar's image has been used in various mediums.
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| The original granite statue of Agathiyar at Agasthiyampalli |
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| The replica of Agasthiyampalli Agathiyar created by Varadaraj |
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| Bala Chandran at Bronze Creative, Swamimalai with master craftsman Varadaraj who with his brothers worked on Agathiyar to give us a masterpiece |
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| Agathiyar decorated in many ways at Agathiyar Vanam |
Agathiyar in Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agastya. Agathiyar promoted on Varadaraj's webpage at
http://www.castinbronzecreative.com/Agathiyar.htm
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| Agathiyar depicted with Lopamudra in an invitation |
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| Agathiyar in another invitation |
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| Agathiyar adorns a book cover |
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| Agathiyar on a blog |
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| Agathiyar digitally edited by a devotee |
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| Bala Chandran Gunasekaran spots Agathiyar on the bill board of a Nadi reading centre in Vaitheeswarankoil and immediately snapped this photo |
Saravanan Palanisami posted the following discovery on Fb.
Surprised! Found this at a booth at I-City Mariamman Temple, 2nd May 2014
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| Agathiyar adorns another book cover |
