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Shiva's Dance in Stone:
Ananda Tandava, Bhujangalalita, Bhujangatrasa

Fig. 14: Shiva Nataraja in the Mangalanathar temple in Uttirakosamangai
Known as the Emerald Nataraja or Maragatha Nataraja
Stone, probably granite
Uttirakosamangai, Tamil Nadu, India
date unknown
150 centimeter without the pedestal, 170 including (approximately)

Photo: date unkown, photographer unkown.
Reproduced with the kind permission of the office of the Mangalanathar temple in Uttirakosamangai.

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