Nandi, the divine bull, is the vahana (vehicle) of Lord Shiva. Nandi serves as the gatekeeper to the sanctum, symbolizing loyalty and unwavering devotion. The marble Nandi statue is placed directly facing the lingam in the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum).

Creator

• Mumbai Archive Project Team

Mitwirkende

• Ankita Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Stichwort

• Maharashtra
• Mahashivaratri
• Papvimochneshwar Temple
• Mumbai
• Koli
• Koliwada
• Mumbai Archive Project
• Mukhalingam
• Worli
• Shiva

Ort

• Worli

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/