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The article offers information on supporting the monthly Ardra Abhishekam at Kadavul Hindu Temple. Topics include the installation of the Siva Nataraja Deity, the monthly abhishekam to Lord Nataraja on ardra nakshatra, and the grand annual festival called Ardra Darshana. The festival's preparations include collecting coconuts, making yogurt, sewing garlands, and gathering fruits and other offerings.

The article highlights the creation of a 27-foot-tall sculpture of Lord Siva as Nataraja, the Lord of Dance, commissioned by the Indian government for the G-20 Summit. Crafted using the Chola lost-wax method by the three sons of master craftsman S. Devasenapathy Sthapati of Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu, the statue is made of eight metals and symbolizes India's unity, strength, and grace.

The article offers information about the significance and worship of Nataraja, the form of Lord Shiva as the cosmic dancer. It explores the symbolism and interpretations of Nataraja's dance, including its connection to creation, destruction, grammar, and the arts. It also highlights the personal journey of the author in learning dance to understand Nataraja more fully.

This article presents information related to Indian classical dance. Many Indian classical dancers credit Nataraja, the Hindu deity Shiva depicted as lord of the dance, with teaching mankind how to dance. The deity represents myth, symbolism and mysticism, everything classical Indian dance embodies. In bharatanatyam, the body is visualized as two triangles, one above and one below the torso, based on a balanced distribution of body weight and firm positions of the lower limbs. Kathak literally means storyteller; historically, song and dance was used to embellish the narration of myths and moral stories. Katha means story and kali means act or play, so performers depict characters from ancient scriptures and Indian epics. Kathakali was originally performed only by men, with female characters played by men, but in recent years women have begun to dance Kathakali. Kuchipudi was originally performed by men of the Brahmin community, the highest caste in Hinduism. Now the bulk of its practitioners are women. A combination of dance, gesture, speech and song, Kuchipudi is intended as a dance drama with characters. INSETS: ADAVU AWARENESS;The Words BEHIND THE IMAGES....

The article discusses the significance of several art representations of dancing deities in culture and society of India. The classic Nataraja image from Tamil Nadu is one of most popular reproduced symbols being used as obligatory adornments of the elites. Artworks such as Kakubha ragini depicts the importance of music and dance in Indian civilization and use in religious devotion and worship. Other popular dancing gods are Krishna and elephant-headed Ganesha.

The article offers information associated with Nataraja, the richest and most eloquent symbol of Hinduism, which is composed of an ever-flowing combination of five foundational actions including creation or emanation, preservation, destruction, dissolution or absorption and obscuring grace.

The article offers information on the copper alloy statue of Lord Shiva Nataraja associated with eighth-ninth century and description of different symbolic aspects for the statue with illustration of demonic personification with depiction of Lord Shiva as creator and destroyer of the universe.

The article reviews the collection of stone and bronze sculptures of the Hindu deity Nataraja housed in the Madras Government Museum in Chennai, India and discusses dynastic kingdom Chola emperors of South India's commissioning and installation of metal images of Nataraja in temples.

The article reports on the return of the two 900-year-old statues of Lord Nataraja and Ardhanarishvara to the Indian government by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in early September 2014.

The article presents information on the largest-ever bronze sculpture of Lord Nataraja, that will be created in late 2010 by artist Varadaraj in the Swamimalai town of Tamil Nadu, India, and will be 22-23 feet tall and weigh nearly ten tons.