In some North Indian images, the male half may be nude and also be ithyphallic ("urdhavlinga" or "urdhavreta": with an erect phallus), or with a full or half phallus and one testicle. However, such imagery is never found in South Indian images; the loins are usually covered in a garment (sometimes a dhoti) of silk or cotton, or the skin of a tiger or deer), typically down to the knee, and held in place by a "sarpa-mekhala", serpent girdle or jewellery. The right leg may be somewhat bent or straight and often rests on a lotus pedestal ("padma-pitha"). The whole right half is described as smeared with ashes and as terrible and red-coloured or gold or coral in appearance; however, these features are rarely depicted.