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COSMIC DANCER
Shiva Tandava Stostra describes the dancing  Lord Shiva is the Cosmic Dancer. Nataraja  who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and prepare for the god Brahma  to start the process of creation. The form is present in most Shiva temples in South India. The purpose of his dance is to release the souls of all men from the snare of illusion. The center of the universe is actually within the heart. It is a well-known sculptural symbol in India and popularly used as a symbol of Indian culture.

The middle Image  was published between circa 950 and circa 1000 This file is in the  public domain   because it has been released by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art    www.lacma.org   with its "Public Domain High Resolution Image Available" mark at <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;"> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">. It is one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia

<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Read more to know on the significance of this Divine Dace at Kingdom of Shiva..Kishenji, Author <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:9pt;">.