NATARAJ : DANCING SHIVA

Lord Shiva is judged as the best dancer in the universe. His grace and vigour knows no bounds when the famous Tandava is being performed. But Tandava is reputed to be the dance of destruction. When the earth shudder under his thundering footsteps, when the wind becomes a thunderstorm in his tossing long hair locks, when the heavens melt in the heat generated by his movements, when the water flood in earth with the graceful hand gestures, Tandava is the dance of Shiva before the awesome destruction of this creation begins.