Namaskar - You visit any Lord Shiva temple in South India and you will find that there is a Nandikeshwar idol in front of Shiva linga and Chandikeshwar idol located to North East of Shiva lingam and within the wall of the temple. Dr. Gopalkrishna Sharma explains in his video about two things that you should not do when you are in Shiva temple. First - do not directly worship Shiva linga without first taking permission of Nandikeshwara and second - do not leave temple without scrubbing hands in front of Chandikeshwara.
Before worshipping Shiva linga one should first take permission of Nandikeshwara by chanting following shloka
नन्दिकेश महाभाग शिवध्यान परायण
गौरिशन्कर सेवार्थम् अनुज्ञानम् दातुमर्हसि
(Nandikesha MahaaBhaga, Shiva dhyaana paraayana,
Gowri Shankar sevaartham Anudnyanam daatumarhasi.)
Meaning: Oh Nandikesha, you are highly distinguished and you are ever engaged in meditating upon Lord Shiva. Please permit me to worship Lord Shiva along with his consort Mother Gauri
Also before leaving any Lord Shiva temple, one should visit Chandikeshwara and scrub hands in front of him to indicate that you are not taking anything from temple except blessings.
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