Discuss the iconography of Shiva Nataraja
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The bronze figure embodies the bhakti movement.
Shiva displays himself to the devotee in full awareness of his benevolent powers.
Shiva's back right hand holds a drum, the ceaseless beat of which represents the unstoppable rhythms of creation and destruction, birth and death.
The right front hand makes the "have no fear" gestures.
His raised foot and leg signify the promise of liberation.
Shiva stands on the dwarf signifying triumph over ignorance.
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