Dancing Shiva (Nataraja)

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National Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark

Dancing Shiva in bronze. Tranquebar, India, Chola dynasty, 13th century. Shiva is one of the most complex and central Hindu gods. This bronze sculpture was found burried with other sculptures and statuettes in the Danish colony of Tranquebar in 1799.

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Title: Dancing Shiva (Nataraja)
Creator: Unknown

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