Khan Academy: The Great Mystic Virupa

Virupa is shown as an unorthodox figure with bulging eyes, a bushy beard, a large nose, and an expressive face. He wears flowers in his hair and a meditation band around his knee to keep his limbs in place during prolonged meditation. His right hand once held a skull bowl and his left hand is pointing at the sun, giving it away as a pawn for ale. When Virupa first came to Varanasi to preach, he wanted to attract people's attention, so he went on a drinking spree at a local tavern. He told the proprietor that he would pay his bill at sunset; meanwhile Virupa stopped the sun, and the heat was so unbearable that the local king paid his bills instead.