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

Fig. 9: Shiva Nataraja, consort Sivakamasundari and Nandikeshvara in the Thiruthalinathar temple in Tirupattur
Stone, probably granite
Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, India
Date unknown
160 centimeter without the pedestal, 200 centimeter including pedestal (approximately)

February 2012 by Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink, Kandhan Raja Deekshithar, Jayakumar Raja Deekshithar, Shankar Raja Deekshithar.

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