Nandhi pictures shown here are only representational; not of the petroglyph.

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 Date: 21 AUGUST 2019  

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A giant petroglyph of Nandi, found in front of a Shiva Temple 

Nandhi, the bull, is Lord Shiva’s Vahana

Chennai: A giant petroglyph of Nandi, found in front of a Shiva temple on top of a hill in K Mettupatti village near Madurai, may be the biggest of ITS KIND IN Tamil Nadu .

The petroglyph of Nandi is 27 feet wide and 30 feet tall

Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70761189.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Petroglyphs in Andhrapradesh

Andhra Pradesh’s second largest petroglyph site, containing about 80 petroglyphs, has been discovered at Mekala Benchi in Kurnool district.

• Kandanathi, with 200 petroglyphs, the biggest petroglyph site in Andhra Pradesh is also in Kurnool district.
• Petroglyphs are rock carvings (rock paintings are called pictographs) made by pricking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone.
  • These Petroglyphs mostly have images of bulls or bull-riding, in addition to human figures, an elephant, tiger-like animals and cupules.
  • While Mekala Benchi has petroglyphs dating back from the Neolithic to the Megalithic period, Kandanathi carvings range from the prehistoric to the historic period.
  • The petroglyphs at Kandanathi reveal the presence of the Boya community divided into many exogamous groups such as Mandla (herdsmen) and Yenubothula (buffalomen).

–subham–