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CHIDAMBARAM

In the figure of Nataraja bot and the moved are depicted in life-like shape. This is the climax of revelation and that is Nataraja at Chidambaram. Science is personified in Art.

The Indian mind is idealistic to the core and every form has lent itself to symbolic interpretation embodying a great truth. The form of Nataraja, the great dancer, has been a symbol of interpretation of the great truth of the Lord's five-fold activities, creation, Preservation, Destruction, Veiling and Blessing. This particular cosmic dance has been known as Nadanta Dance, Urdhwatandava Dance, Bhujangatrasa Dance and Anandatandava, Dance.

 

 

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