Bull of Lord Shiva. It symbolises the second zodiacal sign, Taurus, and stands for Procreative potential.

The bull of Siva. The Vayu purana makes him the son of Kasyapa and Surabhi. His image of a milky white colour is always conspicuous before the temple... more

"the joyful." A white bull with a black tail, the mount of Lord Shiva, symbol of the powerful instinctive force tamed by him. Nandi is the perfect devotee, the soul of man, kneeling humbly before Lord Shiva, ever concentrated on him. The ideal and the goal of Shiva followers is to behold Shiva in everything.

Nandi, the Bull is the ceremonial mount of Shiva; an image of Nandi usually faces Shiva's sanctum . Shiva temples are also adorned with images of Nandi on the temple walls.

the white bulls whom serves Shiva as a mount. In mythology he was the guardian at Shiva's gate and even today there is a carved white marble bull guarding the door of every Shiva temple.