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| Culture Course |
CHIDAMBARAM |
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Nataraja is a very ancient one. It was a small one in the beginning. A Chola King by name Parantaka built a roof made of gold for Nataraja a shrine. Later many kings extended the central structure by adding big towers and new shrines. Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar built the north tower about 400 years ago. The Nritya sabha contains many figures of dancing maidens. There are four tall towers in the north, south, east and west of the temple. The eastern and western towers have carvings of dance poses as descried in the Natya Sastra. The Goddess of the temple is called Sivakami. |
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