Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja ...

The National Games 2025 opening ceremony also started with a performance of ‘Tandav’, a classical dance form that is an ode ...

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 ...