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Collection: Large Sized Nataraja Statues

You Must Read About Large Size Natraj Statue

Nataraja, the dancing Shiva, is a god with blessings for life and death and is an image of the cosmic god of the dance. The statues with large sizes of Nataraja are not only aesthetic works of art but also deep symbolism for Hinduism at the spiritual level. These statues show Shiva in a dancing mode and they represent vibrations of existence when they depict him as destroyer and creator, pictured in one form. Because Nataraja is determined with the cycles in the mechanical process of creation and dissolution of energy, which symbolizes never ending motions of time.

The depiction in Nataraja iconographic depiction shows Shiva dancing around a halo of fire. Other arms are having symbolic things such as, the damaru which is in the form of a drum and agni which is the fire. Most of the big statues are established in temples or other important areas to be used in invoking prestige and meditation among people.


Different samples of large sized Nataraja statues

There are different styles and materials of the large-sized Natraria; they all provide the impression of different artistic schools of thought. Some notable types include:

Bronze Nataraja Statues: These are among the most liked representations, they combined complex engravings and classical ornamentation skills. The figures have self-contained movement portrayed not only in Shiva’s dance, but also in the bronzes.

Stone Carvings: Works in a large scale and carved into stone – with an enhanced preference given to granite and marble – stress on stability as well as the installations in temples require.

Wooden Statues: These murthy may be chiseled out from a hard wood rather than stony workmanship giving the notion of the Nataraja’s dance and can possibly have detailed works carved out on them.

Modern Interpretations: Today artists can make a large sized Nataraja sculpture with secondary materials or with modern materiality to bring a new perception to this classic sculpture.

Large Sized Nataraja Statues