![]() ![]() The choreography is the whirligig of time. As Nataraja, King of Dancers, his gestures, wild and full of grace, precipitate the cosmic illusion his flying arms and legs and the swaying of his torso produce– indeed, they are–the continuous creation-destruction of the universe, death exactly balancing birth, annihilation the end of every coming-forth. Shiva is Kala, ‘The Black One’ ‘Time’ but he is also Maha Kala, ‘Great Time’, ‘Eternity’. ![]() Heinrich Zimmer (1890 – 1943), in his book Philosophies of India (1951), describes Shiva thus: It is the most powerful metaphor of how the universe operates. Shiva as “Nataraja” - the Lord of the Dance - dances the Tandava, the dance of creation and destruction.
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