The Lord of Dancers

$35
Item Code: BF86
Specifications:
Batik Painting On Cotton
Dimensions 2.6 ft x 3.8 ft
Handmade
Handmade
Free delivery
Free delivery
Fully insured
Fully insured
100% Made in India
100% Made in India
Fair trade
Fair trade
Shiva is one of the most important and popular gods of India. He has a large following and a number of temples are dedicated to him. Shiva, the Mahayogi, is also Nataraja, the Lord of Dancers. Shiva, in his dance manifestation, is the Cosmic Dancer and gives manifestation to eternal energy. Through his frantic motions, he generates the powers of evolution, maintenance and dissolution of the world.

The Nataraja Shiva carries a drum in the upper right hand. This connotes sound, the vehicle of speech. The upper left hand of Nataraja bears on its palm a tongue of flame. At the end of the Kali Age, Fire will consume creation. While the drum is symbolic of the act of creation, the flame of fire is suggestive of destruction. The second right hand of Shiva is in the protection attitude. This hand is pointed downwards towards the uplifted left foot. This foot is suggestive of salvation. Shiva dances on the prostrate body of the dwarf Apasmara Purusha who symbolizes ignorance or darkness. The darkness of ignorance can be destroyed by the attainment of knowledge, which releases man from the bondage of existence.

In most images, the figure of Nataraja is encompassed by a ring of flame, but in this batik work, the craftsperson chose to do away with it. As a result there is clarity in each movement and shape without being clouded by the prominent ring of flames and light.

This description by Kiranjyot.

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