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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.
Nandi is a small village about 8 kilometers southwest of Chikkaballapur, Karnataka and 55 kilometers northeast of Bengaluru. Nandi was a bigger and more prosperous town before the 14th-century. It was a part of a region in the eastern part of south Karnataka. one ruled by the Hindu Nolambas (Nolamba-Pallava) of Hemavati dynasty between 750 and ...
Each major shrine has a large linga in the sanctum (the universal symbol of the god Shiva) with a sculpture of Nandi (the bull) in a pavilion facing the shrine. [4] According to Michell, during the 16th century Vijayanagara period, a pavilion with elegant pillars was added in between the two major shrines.
The fourth precinct has an image of Nandi, Brahma Theertham, the temple tank, the Yanai Thirai Konda Vinayaga shrine, and a hall with a six-foot-tall statue of Nandi, erected by Vallala Maharaja. [27] Inside the doorway of the first tower and the fifth precinct, there is a thousand-pillared hall built during the late Vijayanagara period. [5]
[10] [13] [15] He was named Basava, a Kannada form of the Sanskrit Vrishabha in honor of Nandi bull (carrier of Shiva) and the local Shaivism tradition. [ 15 ] Basava grew up in Kudalasangama (northwest Karnataka), near the banks of rivers Krishna and its tributary Malaprabha.
The Nandhi Teertha temple & Kalyani Entrance of the Nandi Tirtha Temple Nandi Tirtha Temple located at a lower level than the surrounding area. Another temple called Nandi-teertha which was reported by some agencies to be 400 years old was re-discovered in 1997 AD during excavation work in a place south-east of the Kadu Mallikarjuna temple.
The first hall inside Kedarnath Temple contains statues of the five Pandava brothers, Krishna, Nandi, the vehicle of Shiva and Virabhadra, one of the guards of Shiva. [19] Statues of Draupadi and other deities are also installed in the main hall. [2] An unusual feature of the temple is the head of a man carved in the triangular stone lingam.