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# Nandi

This white marble sculpture of Nandi, Shiva's vehicle, has traces of gilding. He is seated on a plain rectangular base with his head tilted upwards and his right foreleg bent as if to rise. He has a halter, a saddlecloth and decorative necklace of bells.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1920](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1920) · Pramāṇa
