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

Contributeurs

• Ankita Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Mot-clé

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

Emplacement

• Worli

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

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