India, Feb. 24 -- Actor Rasha Thadani recently shared an Instagram photo dump, which rather sweetly began with two pictures of her whispering into the ear of, what appears to be a venerated statue of Nandi. For those unaware of the context, it is believed that if you manage to whisper a deep-seated wish into the ears of Nandi, Shiva's divine bull, consider it as good as fulfilled. We dive into the origins of the tradition, coupled with the correct way to go about it.

Nandi literally means 'the joyful one'. Put simply, as it goes for every Hindu God and Goddess, Lord Shiva too has his own vahana, Nandi, the sacred bull, who is considered to be His most steadfast devotee. The Shiva Purana and the Saiva Agamas describe him as the guardian o...