TIRUCHANGODU - NANDI IN STANDING POSTURE

But to see the mount Nandi in standing posture at once rouses the curiosity of visitors and initiates instant enquiry. It is natural. On Illumination, they go to the extent of making pradakshan "Where is it and why" are answered below. Read now.

Of the awe-some features of this Tiruchengodu Saiva kshetra is the Nandi is in standing posture. According to legend the sitting Nandi was so swept off by the eulogy sung by a Siva bhakta, that it stood up and listened to it with rapt attention through out the recitation. It went on for a long time. And in oblivion, it forgot to take its normal sitting posture. So it is now in standing position, nowhere such representation in any temple is found in India and abroad.

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