Some Bull

So it seems that each of the major gods have their transport or messenger or ambassador.



Ganesh has his rat,
Vishnu has his eagle: Garuda (more on THAT another time)
Shiva has Nandhi - the bull.


This Nandhi is at Thanjavur Temple (which is ANOTHER topic for another day). It's carved from a single stone, 13' high and growing (!) or so they tell me. Aparently the faithful say that there is a microorganism in the stone which in it's lifecycle leaves behind residue which solidifies into rock.



All I know is that being born under the sign of Taurus, I felt a great affinity with ol' Nandhi. I received a blessing from the guy in the doti behind me.



In Tamil when you want to say thank you you say 'nandri'



Nandri Nandhi.