A photograph of a black-and-white spotted bull lying on its side inside a rectangular pit dug into reddish earth. The animal is draped in red and maroon cloth, with an orange-yellow fabric beneath it and a rope tied around its head. The walls of the pit are rough, sandy red stone. No people are visible in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a black-and-white spotted bull lying on its side inside a rectangular pit dug into reddish earth. The animal is draped in red and maroon cloth, with an orange-yellow fabric beneath it and a rope tied around its head. The walls of the pit are rough, sandy red stone. No people are visible in the frame.

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A dead black-and-white spotted bull lies on its side inside a sandy, earthen pit with rough walls. It is draped and wrapped in red and orange cloth, with a rope tied at its head, and the animal is partly covered by the fabric. This appears to be a burial of the bull, with no visible people present.

A photograph of a large black-and-white spotted bull lying on its side in a shallow earthen pit with sandy floor and textured ochre walls. Its legs point upward and red and orange cloths are draped beneath and around its body. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.

A photo of a dark and white spotted bull lying on its side inside a shallow earthen pit, wrapped on red satin cloth with orange fabric beneath its body. Its legs are stretched out, and rope and garland-like adornments are visible near its head. The pit walls are sandy brown. No people are visible. This appears to be the burial of the bull Nandi, as described by the page's last-rites account.

A photograph of a deceased bull, Nandi, lying in a deep rectangular earthen pit with rough, pale-streaked walls. The body is wrapped in red and maroon cloth and heaped with marigold and mixed flower petals, with a long garland of pink and white flowers draped along it. Orange and yellow powder and scattered petals cover the sandy floor around the animal. No people are visible.

A photograph taken from above of a burial pit with rough stone walls. At the bottom lies a large smooth bull-shaped form, its back dusted with white powder, draped in orange and maroon cloth. Scattered yellow and red flowers, petals and leaves cover the sandy ground and the body, with a pink-and-white garland looped near its head. Sunlight falls across the pit. No people are visible; the bovine body is the central subject of a last-rites scene.

December 30 2016

December 30 2016

A photograph of a bull's body lying in a stone-walled pit, covered with orange and maroon cloth. Marigold and rose petals, garlands and turmeric-yellow powder are scattered over the cloth and the ground. The animal's grey-brown hide is dusted with white and yellow powder, and a garland of pink and white flowers lies across it. No people are visible. This shows the last rites of the bull Nandi at the a person Goshala.

Overhead view down into a deep, brick-lined pit. At the bottom lies a large dark bull figure, its body draped in orange cloth and a dark wrap, with white powder dusting its surface. Scattered over it and the sandy floor are marigold petals, green leaves, red and white flowers, and a strand of rudraksha-style beads. No people are visible in the frame. The scene shows a bull's body being prepared and placed within a pit, with floral offerings laid upon it, consistent with the last rites of Nandi described in the page.

December 30 2016

A black-and-white spotted cow decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands stands on sandy ground, with red kumkum or vermilion marks on its forehead. A man in an orange saffron cloth and white dhoti stands behind it, one hand resting on the cow's back, while a woman in a white top at left holds a small plate of red powder or petals near its legs. A dark stone pedestal with a carved base and garlands sits to the right.

A black-and-white spotted calf with flower garlands of white jasmine and red roses around its neck and face, a red tilak mark on its forehead, stands on sandy ground. A person in an orange saffron cloth and white dhoti holds the rope leading the calf, with their bare feet visible at the lower right. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual space beside a stone base.