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Nandi - Shiva's bull in front of Hindu temple, Rewalsar, HP, India

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Decorated Nandhi at temple in Thanjavur

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Nandi at Mysore

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Nandi - Shiva's bull in front of Hindu temple, Rewalsar, HP, India

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Decorated Nandhi at temple in Thanjavur

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2nd-century CE sculpture of a Nandi in Mysore

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Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of Kailash, the abode of Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine.

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NANDI IS ALSO KNOWN IN A WHOLLY ANTHROPOMORPHIC FORM, CALLED VARIOUSLY NANDIKESHVARA OR ADHIKARANANDIN.NANDI, WHICH MEANS “GIVING DELIGHT” OR “GIVING JOY,” IS THE SACRED BULL OF THE HINDU GOD SHIVA, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HINDU GODS.