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The Punjai Siva Temple, or Naltunai Ishvaram Temple, is a Hindu temple located at Punjai near Semponnarkoil. [1] The principal deity is Nataraja , a form of the Hindu god Shiva . [ 2 ]
The sage Agastya, at Shiva's request, proceeded southward to stabilize the balance of the earth, and relieve the instability caused by the multitude of entities at Shiva's and Parvati's wedding in the Himalayas, to wait for a glimpse of the divine couple. There he is said to have created the Shivalingam here by shrinking an image of Vishnu ...
Nataraja is the aspect of Shiva "whose ecstatic dance of destruction lays the foundation for the creation and sustenance of the universe." [ 6 ] The significance of the image of the dancing Shiva is indicated by his gestures: he is depicted with four arms, standing on Avidya , the demon of ignorance.
Nataraja is a significant visual interpretation of Brahman and a dance posture of Shiva. The details in the Nataraja artwork have attracted commentaries and secondary literature such as poems detailing its theological significance. [19] [24] It is one of the widely studied and supreme illustrations of Hindu art from the medieval era. [45] [46]
Bhringi (left) worshipping Shiva as Nataraja. Bhringi (Sanskrit: भृङ्गी, romanized: Bhṛṅgī, lit. 'female beetle') is a rishi in Hinduism, described to be a great devotee of Shiva, [1] the Hindu destroyer deity. [2]
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. [26] [27] Shiva as Nataraja or Krishna dancing the Tandava is a recurring theme in the Chola period bronzes. Various Shiva temples in ...
Umamaheshvara is depicted as the divine couple of Shiva and Parvati following their wedding. Nataraja: Nataraja is depicted as the form of the deity who is regarded to be the king of the dance. Tripurantaka: Tripurantaka is depicted as the form of the deity that destroyed the three asura cities of Tripura. Jalandharari
Sculpture of Nataraja. Nataraja is the cosmic representation of Shiva's different dance forms. The temple has the earliest representation of Nataraja in sculpture. As per Hindu mythology, Shiva is a violent dancer and while he dances, a snake named Karkodaka winds in his legs, leading to Shiva performing the Bhujamgatrasa, the