In the small historical village of Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, the Veerabhadra Temple complex holds an ancient gem, the Lepakshi Nagalingam. It is famed for housing one of the largest monolithic Nandi sculptures in India, but even more so for the remarkable Nagalingam— a massive Shiva Linga adorned by a coiled, three-headed snake, all carved from a single block of granite. The mythology surrounding the Lepakshi Nagalingam is as captivating as the structure itself. It is believed that the temple wa