How Nandi Attained Shiva - Full Story Of Nandi

How Nandi Attained Shiva - Full Story Of Nandi

If you have been to a Shiva temple, you would have surely noticed the sculpture of a bull on the temple premises. This is Nandi, also known as Nandideva, the Vahana (mount or vehicle) of Lord Shiva. Other deities are seen to be sitting on or next to their Vahanas, but Nandi always sits outside the shrine like the gatekeeper of the Lord, on a platform called the nandi-mandapa. He wears necklaces and bells around his neck. Sometimes he has a saddle on his back. He gazes at the main temple, where Shiva resides, with calm devotion. People visiting the temple first pay their respects to Nandi, the divine guardian, and then proceed to worship Shiva. Once there was a devout ascetic, Sage Shilada. He had devoted his life to pursuing religion and did not have a family. Shilada once decided that he wanted a son who would be free from the cycles of birth and death — an immortal child. First, Shilada prayed to Indra, the Lord of Swargalok, for a child. Lord Indra was pleased with Rishi Shilada’s penance and appeared before him. However, on learning the wish of the sage, Indra suggested he pray to the most powerful god, Lord Shiva, who had power over death itself. Taking the suggestion of Lord Indra, Rishi Shilada started a severe penance, praying to Lord Shiva. It is said that he meditated for a thousand years. His austerities and worship pleased Shiva, who appeared to the sage and asked him his wish. Shilada told Lord Shiva that he wanted a son blessed by him, who would be free from birth and death. Lord Shiva granted Shilada his wish and promised that he himself would take form as his son. Truly enough, Lord Shiva presented a part of himself in the form of the child, who was named Nandi. Thus, Nandi was born as a boon from Lord Shiva, as a child who was beyond the cycles of birth, aging, and death.

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