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*Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance*, 1000s. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-1200s). Bronze; overall: 113 x 102 x 30 cm (44 1/2 x 40 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.); base: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.331

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1930.331 Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Uthirakosamangai (Tamil: உத்திரகோசமங்கை) is a Shaiva temple situated near Ramanathapuram in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. The temple is believed to be built by the Pandya kings, Achutappa Nayak (1529–1542 A.D.), a Hindu ruler of Thanjavur, Muthuveerappar and other kings of Ramanthapuram districtSethupathy dynasty at various times. The temple has been glorified by the hymns of 9th-century saint Manickavasagar and 15th-century saint Arunagirinathar. <br>
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Uthirakosamangai temple, India

**Birmingham Museum of Art**

Shiva Nataraja (Lord of Dance)
2013

Artist: Sri Pradakaran, Sri Govindan and Sri Pratiban
Sri Rajan Industries, Tamilnadu, India

This is a bronze sculpture of the Hindu god Shiva in his dancing form of Nataraja (Lord of Dance).  As Nataraja, Shiva performs the Ananda Tandava (dance of bliss), the dance in which the universe is created, maintained, and dissolved.  This sculpture depicts all three of those aspects at once.  Shiva in his role as Nataraja represents the Indian conception of the never-ending cycle of time.  The purpose of this sculpture is to alert the viewer that through belief and devotion to Shiva, one can achieve salvation (or moksha).  Cast in 2013, this sculpture is an example of the centuries-old tradition of the lost-wax casting method perfected during India’s Chola dynasty (c. 850 CE – 1250 CE).

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Shiva Nataraja

Bronze Indian Somaskanda, 14th or 15th C CE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Instutute of Art. 

About 60cm x 70cm x 30cm (23 x 26 x 13 inches)

From its description on artsmia.org:

*'Shiva and his wife Uma sit next to each other on double lotus pedestals, between them a residual remnant of their small child, Skanda, now missing from the magnificent bronze. The standard format—known as Somaskanda—arose as early as the 6th century in temples from Tamil Nadu, and remains Shiva’s main manifest form today. In south Indian temples, bronze images play a huge role in devotional practice, where they are treated as living embodiments of the gods. The holes in the base indicate that this particular bronze would have been carried in processions outside the temple grounds.'*

More information:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6224/somaskanda-india

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