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The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. [22] [23] According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors". [24]
Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of dance. This temple is located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple has ancient roots and a Shiva shrine existed at the site when the town was known as Thillai.
English: The Raja Sabha or 1000 pillar madapam choultry in northeast corner of the third prakara, past the Shivaganga pool. The photo suggests that there were a row of figurative sculptures as kutis.
English: The photo shows the ruined condition of the Subrahmanya shrine in the Nataraja temple complex in the 19th century. This photo was taken in the first half of 19th century, but neither exact year is known nor the author.
English: Golden tiled roof of Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. The roof of Cit Sabha was gilded by Chola Aditya I (871-907) and his son Parantaka I (907-955) during Chola Empire. The roof of Cit Sabha was gilded by Chola Aditya I (871-907) and his son Parantaka I (907-955) during Chola Empire.
Architecturally the Chitrasabha resembles that of the other Nataraja Sabhas elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, and its interior is decked with hundreds of murals, depicting images from the Indian epics. Nataraja is brought here during festivals from the Kurumpalaveesar temple. The temple tree is called the Kurum Pala and the temple tank is called ...
The 108 karanas of Tandava have inspired Shiva sculptures of the 1st-millennium BCE, particularly the Tandava style which fuses many of these into a composite image found at the Nataraja temple of Chidambaram. [25] [26] Shiva as Nataraja or Krishna dancing the Tandava is a recurring theme in the Chola period bronzes. Various Shiva temples in ...
Nataraja is the dancing Shiva Lord of dance in Hinduism: Date: Taken on 27 August 2017, 13:19: Source: Nataraja, Chola period bronze, 11th century, Government Museum, Chennai (2) Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia