South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c9.s16.5

c9.s16.5

² A verse in praise of Nandi describes him as the husband of Suyasā. He stands at the entrance into Siva temples with a knife or golden cane held in his hands so as to touch the *kūrpara* of his right arm. In one of the *maṇḍapas* of the Ēkām rēśvara temple at Conjeeveram, Nandi is represented in the same posture as Garuda, carrying in his out-stretched fore-arms the feet of Siva and Pārvatī.