Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of dance...
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(The four) extol Nataraja and describes the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram as the home of Nataraja as the main deity, dating Nataraja worship way before...
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sheltering the presiding deity. The traditional name of the temple complex, Chidambaram Thillai Nataraja-koothan Kovil. The mangrove forests of Thillai trees...
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dance form Bharatnatyam, which is depicted in temple statues in the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Nataraja, the "Dancing King", is in turn an aspect of...
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fire at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Nandar's tale features in temple lore and religious literature related to both these temples. Gopalakrishna...
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Thillai Kali Temple is a Hindu Temple located on the outskirts of the town of Chidambaram, Cuddalore District Tamil Nadu in India. It was built by Chola...
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(representing water) at Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, Akaya Lingam (representing sky) at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Agni Lingam (representing...
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Kulothunga II (section Patron of Chidambaram)
Kulottunga II is credited with gilding the Perambalam of the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram with gold. He is also said to have constructed its gopurams and...
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Ekambareswarar Temple, Akasa Lingam (representing sky) at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Agni Lingam (representing fire) at Annamalaiyar Temple and Vayu...
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Pancha Bhuta Sthalam (section The five temples)
and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. Three temples in Tamil Nadu except the Chidambaram nataraja temple are maintained and administered by the Hindu...
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Natarajar in Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram Ekambareswarar in Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram) Arunachaleswarar in Arunachalesvara Temple Jambukeswarar...
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Thiruvathirai (Arudhra) in Tamil means "sacred big wave". In Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, the Nataraja Temple's annual festival is celebrated on this date. In the...
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Sundarar (section Temple traditions)
precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Tradition attributes this discovery to Shiva's intervention. The temple priests of Chidambaram refused to let...
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O.Chidambaram Park Stadium, a football stadium in Tamil Nadu, India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a cricket stadium in Chennai, India Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram...
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famously visited the Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, where he wrote the Charana Shrungarahita Stotram on Nataraja. In Kanda Puranam, the epic authored...
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Rajaraja I (section Brihadisvara Temple)
chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The brahmanas (Dikshitars) in the temple opposed the mission, but Rajaraja intervened...
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Shiva temples are Hindu temples with shrines of Shiva, one of Hinduism's principal deities. It is estimated that there are over 260 Shiva temples in the...
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goes to Chidambaram temple, built on the spot were Lord Siva was supposed to have been, transformed from the primordial phallus to the Nataraja, the cosmic...
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Meenakshi Amman Temple (velli – silver) and the Pon (Gold) Ambalam or PorSabhai at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The temples where Shiva is believed...
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Gopuram (category Hindu temple architecture)
Tiruchendur Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram Yathothkari Perumal Temple, Kancheepuram Hampi Tirumala Kuala...
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(sacrifices) who also serve as the hereditary trustees of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram. They are also called Thillai Muvayiravar or the Three Thousand...
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- 18th C. in Bharatnatyam dance statues of Eastern Gopuram, Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram Tulasana तुलासन Balance / Scales Balancing 20th C. LoY Upavishta...
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god Vishnu, the temple is inside the premises of the Thillai Nataraja Temple, constructed in the Dravidian architecture. The temple is glorified in the...
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chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The brahmanas (Dikshitars) in the temple opposed the mission, but Rajaraja intervened...
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Nataraja shrine was also added in the 15th century by Arulalan Sevahadevan Vanathirayan, who also renovated the Thiruvalavaudaiyar shrine. The temple...
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temple, Gadag, Karnataka Pond at Shiva temple near Kottakkal, Kerala Temple pond on way to Thiruvalllur, Tamil Nadu Tank at Thillai Nataraja Temple,...
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significance with this temple. In this temple Lord Shiva is an embodiment of the infinite space. Chidambaram temple is associated with Lord Nataraja, or Shiva in...
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Pasupathipuram, and Melai Chidambaram. The temple was built by the Chola emperor Karikala in the 9th century. Perur Pateeswarar Temple has several gopurams...
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