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    Giant statue at 
	
						
						
						Wihaan Sadet Pho Phra Siwa 
						(fig.) 
						in 
		      
		      			
		      Bangkok, 
						of the 
		      
		      			
              Hindu
						
    					god 
    Shiva
						seated on his mount 
						or 
						
						
                
                vahana, the  
	 
						
						
              bull 
						
						
						Nandi. 
	The 
			
			
			Zebu 
	or Holy Cow is 
			the 
	first creature that surfaced 
	during 
	
                
                 he 
			
		      Churning of the Ocean of Milk 
			(fig.) 
	and is hence sometimes depicted on waves of milk (fig.). 
	
								
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
	
  
	
						
						
		 
				
	
								
  
						
						
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