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The proliferation of sectarian sculptures in Saiva iconography in the Tamil country can be traced to the dominance of Tamil Saivism, a new stream that comes into prominance from 12th century A.D. Unlike the Smarta tradition, which gives equal importance to all the gods in the vedic pantheon, the Tamil Saivism portrayed Siva superior to the other gods. This resulted in the development of sectarian sculpture describing Vishnu, Brahma and the other gods and personalities epic and puranic origin propitiating Siva to win his grace or to atone their sin. Therefore the tendency to create a counter force for every incarnation of Visnu (fish, tortoise) became popular in Saiva myths, many of which are reflected in sculptures of Kanchipuram. The Kaccapa myth, which portray Visnu in an inferior position to Siva belongs to this category
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