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The Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol, is a 900-year-old statue of Natarajan — the dancing Shiva — that was stolen from the ancient Brihadeeswarar temple of Sripuranthan, smuggled to the United States, and then sold to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra with a false provenance, for US$5.1 million. The statue was consequently returned by ...
The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India. [61] A special plaque next to the Shiva statue explains the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with quotations from physicist Fritjof Capra:
A Tamil concept, Shiva was first depicted as Nataraja in the famous Chola bronzes and sculptures of Chidambaram. The dance of Shiva in Tillai, the traditional name for Chidambaram, forms the motif for all the depictions of Shiva as Nataraja. [41] [42] [43] He is also known as Sabesan, which means "The lord who dances on the dais".
Nataraja in the temple is depicted with eight hands and in a standing posture over the head of a demon. The image is considered to be one of the nine dance poses of Shiva, called Nava tandavam . The temple has sculptural and metallic images of Ganapathi (elephant god), sage Agastya, and the three Shaiva saints: Appar , Sambandar , and Sundarar .
The principal deity is Nataraja, a form of the Hindu god Shiva. [2] ... The principal idol of Nataraja is made of bronze and was carved in about 1000 AD. [2] Notes
« Shiva Nataraja, grotte n°1. La sculpture représente Shiva effectuant la danse cosmique (Tandava). En bas, à gauche, et à droite, Parvati est également représentée. On peut aussi reconnaître autour de Shiva, Ganesh, Indra sur sa monture (éléphant) et Vishnou sur Garuda.
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