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The life of Tirunilakanta Nayanar is described in the Tamil Periya Puranam by Sekkizhar (12th century), which is a hagiography of the 63 Nayanars. [1] [2] Tirunilakanta Nayanar belonged to Chidambaram, famous for its Thillai Nataraja Temple dedicated to the god Shiva, patron of Shaivism. He was born in the Kuyavar caste of potters. [3]
In the contemporary Hindu culture of Bali in Indonesia, Siwa (Shiva) Nataraja is the god who created dance. [59] Siwa and his dance as Nataraja was also celebrated in the art of Java Indonesia when Hinduism thrived there, while in Cambodia he was referred to as Nrittesvara. [60] Modern statue gifted by India at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland
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".
Chola bronze of Shiva as Nataraja ("Lord of Dance"), Tamil Nadu, 10th or 11th century. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilisation (3300–1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze male dancerNataraja.
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
Art Tripura Tandava 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 ...
Shiva conventionally stands on such a figure in much later depictions of him as Nataraja ("Lord of the Dance"), where the figure is usually said to represent "ignorance", [30] but in the earliest Indian stone monumental sculpture, figures often stand on dwarfish figures, as with (for example) the Bhutesvara Yakshis (Buddhist, 2nd century AD ...
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 (5) Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia