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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. This temple is located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple has ancient roots and a Shiva shrine existed at the site when the town was known as Thillai. Chidambaram, the name of the city literally means "stage of consciousness". The temple architecture symbolizes the connection between the arts and spirituality, creative activity and the divine. The temple wall carvings display all the 108 karanas from the Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni, and these postures form a foundation of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance.

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  • Der Nataraja-Tempel (auch Sabhanayaka-Tempel) ist ein Hindu-Tempel in der Stadt Chidambaram im südindischen Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu. Er ist Nataraja, einer Erscheinungsform des Gottes Shiva, geweiht. Als Ort, an welchem dem Mythos zufolge Shiva als „König des Tanzes“ seinen kosmischen Tanz vollführt haben soll, gehört der Nataraja-Tempel zu den wichtigsten shivaitischen Heiligtümern Indiens. Chidambaram scheint bereits früh ein religiöses Zentrum gewesen zu sein und wird ab dem 7. Jahrhundert in der Dichtung erwähnt. In seiner heutigen Form stammt der Nataraja-Tempel im Wesentlichen aus der Spätzeit der Chola-Dynastie (11.–13. Jahrhundert) mit einigen Zusätzen aus der Pandya- und Vijayanagar-Zeit (13.–16. Jahrhundert). Der Nataraja-Tempel ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel der dravidischen Tempelarchitektur. Wie es für diesen Baustil kennzeichnend ist, hat der Tempel einen rechteckigen Grundriss und ist nach geometrischen Prinzipien aufgebaut. Der mit über 15 Hektar sehr weitläufige Tempelkomplex besteht aus vier konzentrischen Bereichen, die um den dem Gott Nataraja geweihten Hauptschrein herum aufgebaut sind. Daneben gehören zu dem Tempelkomplex zahlreiche weitere Bauteile, darunter Nebenschreine, mehrere große Tempelhallen, ein Tempelteich und vier hoch aufragende Tortürme (gopurams). (de)
  • 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. This temple is located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple has ancient roots and a Shiva shrine existed at the site when the town was known as Thillai. Chidambaram, the name of the city literally means "stage of consciousness". The temple architecture symbolizes the connection between the arts and spirituality, creative activity and the divine. The temple wall carvings display all the 108 karanas from the Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni, and these postures form a foundation of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance. The present temple was built in the 10th century when Chidambaram was the capital of the Chola dynasty, making it one of the oldest surviving active temple complexes in South India. After its 10th-century consecration by the Cholas who considered Nataraja as their family deity, the temple has been damaged, repaired, renovated and expanded through the 2nd millennium. Most of the temple's surviving plan, architecture and structure is from the late 12th and early 13th centuries, with later additions in similar style. While Shiva as Nataraja is the primary deity of the temple, it reverentially presents major themes from Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and other traditions of Hinduism. The Chidambaram temple complex, for example, has the earliest known Amman or Devi temple in South India, a pre-13th-century Surya shrine with chariot, shrines for Ganesha, Murugan and Vishnu, one of the earliest known Shiva Ganga sacred pool, large mandapas for the convenience of pilgrims (choultry, ambalam or sabha) and other monuments. Shiva himself is presented as the Nataraja performing the Ananda Tandava ("Dance of Delight") in the golden hall of the shrine Pon Ambalam. The temple is one of the five elemental lingas in the Shaivism pilgrimage tradition, and considered the subtlest of all Shiva temples (Kovil) in Hinduism. It is also a site for performance arts, including the annual Natyanjali dance festival on Maha Shivaratri. (en)
  • De Natarajatempel of Chidambaramtempel is een hindoetempel in , Tamil Nadu, India. De tempel werd gebouwd uit enorme brokken graniet rond 1120 door Rajaraja II, het kleinkind van Rajaraja I.De tempel zou gevestigd zijn op de plaats waar Shiva zijn kosmische dans uitvoerde. Net op die plek is er een bassin de . Dit is omgeven met trappen, kleine ruimtes.Het bad werd gebruikt om zich ritueel te reinigen voordat met het heiligdom van Shiva inging. Naast dit bassin zijn er dus ook nog heiligdommen. Eén daarvan is de Rajasabha, een zaal met duizend pilaren. (nl)
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  • A view of north-side gopuram of the temple (en)
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  • One of the temple's pillared halls before demolition in the late 19th century. (en)
  • A Mandapam in 1869 (en)
  • An 1820 painting of Nataraja in a temple chariot. (en)
  • Carved pillars in a temple hall. (en)
  • It is locally called the Sivaganga . (en)
  • Sacred pool sketched in the 1870s. (en)
  • Subrahmanya shrine in ruins, early 19th century (en)
  • The damaged 1,000 pillar hall. (en)
  • The temple car of Natraja used during festival processions. (en)
  • A view of north-side gopuram and pond of the temple (en)
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  • The circumambulation paths in shrines, the mandapa's moulded plinth and the pilgrim hall pillars of the Nataraja temple are carved with reliefs showing dancers and musicians. (en)
  • Two distinct styled gopurams of the Chidambaram temple. The artwork narrates religious and secular stories from Hindu texts. (en)
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  • Raja Sabha thousand pillar hall northeast side of Nataraja temple complex Chidambaram.jpg (en)
  • Chidambaram Shiva.jpg (en)
  • Chidambaram festival.jpg (en)
  • Chidambaram temple tank 1.jpg (en)
  • Le temple de Shiva Nataraja .jpg (en)
  • Therond, Mandapam of Chillambaram, 1869.jpg (en)
  • Sacred Tank and Pagoda at Chillambaran, India, c 1870.jpg (en)
  • A view of Nataraja Shiva Temple at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu .jpg (en)
  • Dancers and Musicians reliefs along the walkway at Chidambaram Shiva Hindu temple.jpg (en)
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  • Tamil (en)
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  • Location in Tamil Nadu (en)
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  • De Natarajatempel of Chidambaramtempel is een hindoetempel in , Tamil Nadu, India. De tempel werd gebouwd uit enorme brokken graniet rond 1120 door Rajaraja II, het kleinkind van Rajaraja I.De tempel zou gevestigd zijn op de plaats waar Shiva zijn kosmische dans uitvoerde. Net op die plek is er een bassin de . Dit is omgeven met trappen, kleine ruimtes.Het bad werd gebruikt om zich ritueel te reinigen voordat met het heiligdom van Shiva inging. Naast dit bassin zijn er dus ook nog heiligdommen. Eén daarvan is de Rajasabha, een zaal met duizend pilaren. (nl)
  • Der Nataraja-Tempel (auch Sabhanayaka-Tempel) ist ein Hindu-Tempel in der Stadt Chidambaram im südindischen Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu. Er ist Nataraja, einer Erscheinungsform des Gottes Shiva, geweiht. Als Ort, an welchem dem Mythos zufolge Shiva als „König des Tanzes“ seinen kosmischen Tanz vollführt haben soll, gehört der Nataraja-Tempel zu den wichtigsten shivaitischen Heiligtümern Indiens. Chidambaram scheint bereits früh ein religiöses Zentrum gewesen zu sein und wird ab dem 7. Jahrhundert in der Dichtung erwähnt. In seiner heutigen Form stammt der Nataraja-Tempel im Wesentlichen aus der Spätzeit der Chola-Dynastie (11.–13. Jahrhundert) mit einigen Zusätzen aus der Pandya- und Vijayanagar-Zeit (13.–16. Jahrhundert). (de)
  • 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. This temple is located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple has ancient roots and a Shiva shrine existed at the site when the town was known as Thillai. Chidambaram, the name of the city literally means "stage of consciousness". The temple architecture symbolizes the connection between the arts and spirituality, creative activity and the divine. The temple wall carvings display all the 108 karanas from the Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni, and these postures form a foundation of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance. (en)
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