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Nataraja or Nataraj, (), The Lord ( or King ) of Dance ; Telugu: నటర ా జ ; Tamil: க ூ த ் தன ் ( Koothan ); Kannada: ನಟರ ಾ ಜ, is a depiction of the god Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his and divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for the god Brahma to start the process of creation.
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Nataraja and Lord
Nataraja, Lord Shiva as the Cosmic Dancer representing the rhythmic movement of the entire cosmos.
Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance.
* As the Lord of Dance, Nataraja, Shiva performs the tandava, the dance in which the universe is created, maintained, and dissolved.
In Hindu mythology the whole universe is the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja, a name for Lord Shiva, the Hindu ascetic yogi and divine purveyor of destruction of evil.
In Hinduism, the god Shiva is simultaneously destroyer and creator, portrayed as Shiva Nataraja ( Lord of the Dance ), which is proposed as the source of the Western notion of " creative destruction ".
A long standing myth states that Sanskrit and Tamil emerged from either side of Lord Shiva's divine drum of creation as he danced the dance of creation as Nataraja or sound of cosmic force.
The left panel depicts Yogishvara ( The Lord of Yoga ) and the right shows Nataraja ( Shiva as the Lord of Dance ).
Shiva, Lord of the Dance ( Nataraja ).
She is religious and believes in Goddess Saraswati and has a bronze statue of Nataraja, which is an image of Shiva as the cosmic Lord of Dance, in her office.
Partly inspired by Jesus, and partly by a statue of Shiva as Nataraja, Sydney wrote the lyrics " Lord Of The Dance " in 1963, as an adaptation of Joseph Brackett's " Simple Gifts ", and a tribute to Shaker music.
Shiva as Nataraja is worshipped as the Lord of Dance in Hinduism.
In writing the lyrics to " Lord Of The Dance " in 1963, Sydney Carter was inspired partly by Jesus, but also partly by a statue of Shiva as Nataraja, and was partly intending simply to give tribute to Shaker music.
* Nataraja, depiction of Shiva as Lord of the Dance
* Sri Nataraja ( Dancing pose of Lord Shiva )
Statue depicting Shiva as Nataraja, or " Lord of the Dance ".
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The deity at the Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram is known from the Sangam period as " Thillai Koothan ", the cosmic dancer of Thillai ; the Sanskrit translation of this is Nataraja.
Nataraja and Telugu
A Telugu and Tamil concept, Shiva was first depicted as Nataraja in the famous Chola bronzes and sculptures of Chidambaram.
Nataraja and Tamil
Nataraja, Bronze, Chola Dynasty, Tamil Nadu, Government Museum Madras, India.
* The dwarf on which Nataraja dances is the demon Apasmara ( Muyalaka, as known in Tamil ), which symbolises Shiva's victory over ignorance.
The origins of the Nataraja sect is in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
The largest gold Nataraja statue is in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.
An institution called Narayana Gurukulam was established in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu by Bodhananda Swamikal and later handed over to Nataraja Guru.
Cinemas became popular in the 1930s and 1940s with the first film in a South Indian language, R. Nataraja Mudaliar's Tamil film Keechaka Vadham, released in 1916.
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* The Temple of Nataraja is completed at Chidambaram in India.
The trajectory of the dancing Shiva is traced: from the processional worship of metal icons outside the sanctum to the cultic elevation of the Nataraja bronze into the sanctum at Chidambaram.
In the Shiva temple of Melakadambur is a rare Pala image that shows the ten-armed Nataraja dancing on his bull.
The symbolism of the dance of Shiva ( in the form of Nataraja ) is represented by the attitude called " Ananda Tandavam ".
The Virupaksha temple is rich in sculptures like those of Lingodbhava, Nataraja, Ravananugraha and Ugranarasimha.
On the outer wall there is Ugranarasimha, Nataraja sculptures.
From a Hindu point of view, the whole Universe is being brought into existence as the manifestation of the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja.
From a Hindu point of view, the whole Universe is being brought into existence as the manifestation of the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja.
Specifically, it is depicted as the Ganges on the head of Dakshinamoorthy or Nataraja, a Hindu incarnation of Siva.
Nataraja ( the king of dancers ) is a favourite form adored by dancers and musicians.
It is believed that by divine intervention Nambi found the presence of scripts, in the form of cadijam leaves half eaten by white ants in a chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram.
An Integrated Science of the Absolute is a two volume book of Nataraja Guru written after 50 years of study of Science and philosophies of East and West.
There is Maha Vishnu sannidhi, Dakshina moorthy sannidhi, Sandikeswara sannidhi, Saneeswara sannidhi, Bairavar sannidhi, Nataraja sannidhi like in many Shiva temples of south India.
Most of the portions in Tiruvacakam is first sung in Thillai Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram.
Nataraja and god
The common name " datura " has its roots in ancient India, where the plant was considered particularly sacred — believed to be a favorite of the Hindu god Shiva Nataraja.
Nataraja and Shiva
The dance of Shiva in Tillai, the traditional name for Chidambaram, forms the motif for all the depictions of Shiva as Nataraja.
Bronze Chola dynasty | Chola Statue depicting Shiva dancing as Nataraja.
Shiva as Nataraja – the Cosmic Dancer.
Some popular Hindu deities and avatars include Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, Durga, Ganesha, Hanuman, Kali, Murugan, Venkateshwara, Nataraja, Rama, Saraswati, and Lakshmi.
Shiva as Nataraja ( Cosmic dancer )
The panel carving in the west niche opposite Yogishvara depicts Shiva as Nataraja performing the Tandava ( cosmic dance ).
Chola dynasty statue depicting Shiva dancing as Nataraja from LACMA.
On the external walls are sculptures like Shiva, Nandi, Lakulisha, Nataraja, etc.
* Nataraja, Shiva in his dancing posture
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