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Nandi, Pattadakal Temples, near Badami, Bagalot, Karnataka, India. #307167677
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Nandi (Sanskrit: à ¤¨à ¤¨à ¥Âà ¤¦à ¤¿), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of Kailash, the abode of Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine. Pattadakal Temples, near Badami, Bagalot, Karnataka, India. Pattadakal, also called Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka, India.