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Nandi

Also called: Nandikeshvara, Vrishabha

Shiva's bull, his mount and the gatekeeper who faces the linga in every Shiva temple. In the Ravana story he is mocked and curses Ravana to be undone by monkeys; on the road to Amarnath Shiva leaves him at Pahalgam; in the Kedarnath and Pashupatinath legends Shiva himself takes a bull's form.

vahana gatekeeper

Sources: Ravananugraha — Wikipedia; Amarnath Temple — Wikipedia; Shiva — Wikipedia · see Nandi's web

Relations 3

Nandi cursed

Ravana (Asura) Shaiva · Ravana lifts Kailash
To be destroyed by monkeys.

Nandi dwells at

Amarnath cave (Place) Shaiva · The secret of immortality in the ice cave
Left at Pahalgam.

Nandi vahana of

Shiva (God)

Stories 5

How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
Temple legend · as flanks the image (Ellora) · 4 tellings
The three gods together on the Kailasa temple, Ellora
In stone and bronze · as flanks Harihara · 1 telling
Ravana lifts Kailash
Legend · as the mocked gatekeeper · 3 tellings
The Pandavas and the bull of Kedar
Temple legend · as the shape taken · 2 tellings
The secret of immortality in the ice cave
Temple legend · as left at Pahalgam · 2 tellings

Cited

Ravananugraha — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Amarnath Temple — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Shiva — Wikipedia Encyclopedia