South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c8.s7.30

c8.s7.30

¹ It is believed, and perhaps on reasonable grounds, that the image on the Tirupati Hill is a combined form of Vishnu and Siva. The name Vrisha-saila, i.e., “Bull-hill” applied to the mountain on which the temple is situated, indicates also the Saiva nature of the god. In later times, the name Sēsha-saila “the hill of the serpent god Sēsha” came to be applied to it.