# Nandishvara

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 800 - c. 900
- Medium: andesite
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 76.5 cm x width 37 cm x depth 22 cm x weight 64 kg
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Herman Karel Westendorp, 1928)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-232-A--6630918e264195a2d8a6f2271e4b53df)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/wjBRG/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Nandishvara is one of the two guards at the entrance to temples of the Hindu god Shiva. He has the appearance of an elegant young man and stands on Shiva’s right side. In one hand he holds a circle of prayer beads, in the other a floating lotus flower. The trident is the weapon of Shiva.