one for Vishnu known as the Srinivasa Perumal temple and the other for Siva, wherein this deity is worshipped as Koneshwarar and also as Konanathan. The Koneshwarar temple is a Padal Petra Sthalam ...

An interesting image of Nataraja dancing in Chatura ... Vanamulai Nayaki or Sundarakuchambikai in this temple. Small sanctums for each of the Siva Lingas in the Pancha Bhuta Sthalams (Prithvi ...

Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja into the most iconic symbol of Shiva.

The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and culture.

One sees the divine form of the Lord (visible to the eyes as Nataraja) and also his formlessness (all-pervading but not visible to the outer eye). Chidambaram numbers among the five Siva temples ...

Lord Shiva’s cosmic dance, performed in his resplendent form as Nataraja, took place in the golden court (Kanagasabai in Tamil) at the Chidambaram Temple in India. The dance, known as Ananda Tandavam ...

Sembiyan prayed to Nataraja, a hitherto little-known form of Hindu god Shiva as the King of Dance, and all her temples featured him prominently. The trend caught on. Today, Nataraja is one of the ...