The gate-guardian deity of Kailasa (Kailash), Nandi bull, the abode of Lord Shiva, depicted as a bull which also serves as the mount to the god Shiva. Nandi seats towards sanctum in Shiva temples. Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. 600–1000 CE.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Argenberg" title="User:Argenberg">Vyacheslav Argenberg</a>
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