Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 advaitin , " V. Krishnamurthy " <profvk wrote: > When was the Nataraja Icon (original) that we see in the > sanctum sanctorum of Chidambaram temple made? By whom? > From the 4th century onwards images of it are seen in > temple architecture. Is there any evidence about the date > of the original one? > > PraNAms to all devotees and admirers of Nataraja. > profvk > Namaste Prof vk-ji, My guess is it goes back into the mists of time, past Pasupati and by indicationt to the time of the Ramayana, which could be any date from 20BCE to 150,000 BCE or longer. If you draw it some say it represents the path of subatomic particles as in the page. http://www.tamilnation.org/culture/sharada.htm ...ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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