The general information about the Siddhas are very limited.
Even here, there is a misconception that the Siddhas are Tamils and their presence is limited to Tamil Nadu.
When Siddhas can transcend Time and Space, a Country is nothing for them.
There are Siddha sites in Karnataka, that too near Bangalore.
I was reciting,if I recall correctly the Durga Suktha,when the priest at the Bhogar Shrine asked me to have a look at an Idol of Rajarajeswari worshiped by Bhogar.
He gave me the Idol in a Velvet cloth and it was very beautiful.
I had darshan and left with no further thought on the subject.
This was about 30 years ago.
Though I know some thing Siddhas, I did not know much till recently.
1.The Idol’s face was fresh as though it was installed recently.
2.The lower portions were damaged.
3.On testing with an Atomic Analyser, i was found that the Idols was made of neither Granite, nor minerals.
4.The Sceintists were unable to determine what it is made of.
Now an abstract of the report; the web site Link is provide towards the close of the Post.
Agastya is one Sage who was worshiped by Lord Rama.
He was the one who revealed the Adhityahrudaya Stotra to Rama, when Rama was depressed in the Battle field, fighting against Ravana.
He was aslo present during the Mahabharata.
He is a Siddha.
A detailed Post on Agastya follows.
He transformed the Idol of Vishnu to Shiva Linga to signify the unity of Shaivism and Vaishnavam.
While the worship of Shiva has not been mentioned in the Vedas, the Tamils swear by it from their fist Grammar book, Tholkaappiyam.
Shiva is credited with the Creation of the Tamil language, with His son Lord Subrahmanya as his successor.
And Sage Agstya was entrusted with the job of nurturing Tamil.
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