When the monsoon clouds gather and the land awakens with life, devotees across India turn their hearts towards Mahadev, the ...

Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple has a unique style of architecture and is one of the oldest temples in Kerala It is believed to have been constructed in the early years of the 10th century According to the ...

Imagine a dance so powerful that it holds the rhythm of creation, destruction, and everything in between. Not a metaphor, but a cosmic truth — alive in the heart of Indian mythology. That’s Tandava.

The most famous Nataraja bronze statue is at the Chola capital, Chidambaram, in Tamil Nadu. The 108 poses carved on the walls of this temple form a foundation of the classical dance Bharatanatyam.

In order to craft the statue, Sthapathy studied the minute details of Lord Shiva’s cosmic dance. It is the tallest Nataraja statue in the world.

This stunning statue portrays Lord Shiva in the dynamic dance posture known as tandava, radiating energy and vitality. It was meticulously fashioned using the ancient lost-wax method of metal ...

The Nataraja statue—which is in the Ananda Thandavam pose (the ecstatic dance of Lord Shiva where he stands on one leg)—took three days to reach Delhi, where 25 sculptors from Sthapathy’s ...

The Lord Shiva Nataraja, also featured on the cover of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official handle on X (previously Twitter), reflects the central government’s numerous initiatives for G20 leaders.

The Nataraja statue, which combines in a single image Shiva's role as creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe and conveys the never-ending cycle of time, is quite a masterpiece. In 2014 ...

So it is not surprising that the iconic Nataraja statue of Lord Shiva performing the Tandava Nritya will greet world leaders as they enter the newly minted Bharat Mandapam. As they drive to the ...