NANDIAN OF VETTUVANKOIL, KALUGUMALAI

ANCIENT INDIAN ARTS: 



The ancient art of India. 
The Nandian; on north- east corner of Vedi (the top platform) of Vettuvankoil, South India.
The sacred Bull wears a necklaces of bells.

VETTUVANKOIL FROM SOUTH INDIA

THE  TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARTS : 

Vettuvankoil, from South India

The four - armed image of Siva Vyakhyana Daksinamurti, Sum total knowledge and its expounder, places his left foot on the infant - shaped demon of Forgetfulness ( apasmara purusa ) who cluthes a serpent. The iconographic theme is integrated in the 'architectural' conception of the monument.