You can reach this 350-year-old Brobdingnagian statue of Nandi the bull both by road or take the steps from the foot of Chamundi hills. This towering giant, is third largest Nandi in India, was Dodda Devaraja Wadiyar’s (1659–1673) gift to the city of Mysore. The monolith is carved from a single black rock and sits at a height of 16 feet and width of 24 feet.
Did you know that Ravana was cursed by lord Nandi for being called bull monkey? Nandi cursed King Ravana that a monkey will be the reason of his destruction and it came true in the form of Lord Hanuman.