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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...
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    (The four) extol Nataraja and describes the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram as the home of Nataraja as the main deity, dating Nataraja worship way before...
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    sheltering the presiding deity. The traditional name of the temple complex, Chidambaram Thillai Nataraja-koothan Kovil. The mangrove forests of Thillai trees...
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    dance form Bharatnatyam, which is depicted in temple statues in the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Nataraja, the "Dancing King", is in turn an aspect of...
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    fire at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Nandar's tale features in temple lore and religious literature related to both these temples. Gopalakrishna...
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  • Thillai Kali Temple is a Hindu Temple located on the outskirts of the town of Chidambaram, Cuddalore District Tamil Nadu in India. It was built by Chola...
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    Thiruvathirai (Arudhra) in Tamil means "sacred big wave". In Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, the Nataraja Temple's annual festival is celebrated on this date. In the...
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    (representing water) at Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, Akasha Lingam (representing sky) at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Agni Lingam (representing...
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    Kulottunga II is credited with gilding the Perambalam of the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram with gold. He is also said to have constructed its gopurams and...
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    Hayagriva (section Temples)
    Temple, Srirangam. Tirumala Hayagriva temple on North Mada street of Srinivasa/ Balaji Temple, Tirumala, Tirupati Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Swami Temple,...
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    Ekambareswarar Temple, Akasa Lingam (representing sky) at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Agni Lingam (representing fire) at Annamalaiyar Temple and Vayu...
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  • Natarajar in Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram Ekambareswarar in Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram) Arunachaleswarar in Arunachalesvara Temple Jambukeswarar...
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    precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Tradition attributes this discovery to Shiva's intervention. The temple priests of Chidambaram refused to let...
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    Shiva temples are Hindu temples with shrines of Shiva, one of Hinduism's principal deities. It is estimated that there are over 260 Shiva temples in the...
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    famously visited the Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, where he wrote the Charana Shrungarahita Stotram on Nataraja. In Kanda Puranam, the epic authored...
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    chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The brahmanas (Dikshitars) in the temple opposed the mission, but Rajaraja intervened...
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  • Gopuram (category Hindu temple architecture)
    Tiruchendur Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram Yathothkari Perumal Temple, Kancheepuram Hampi Tirumala Kuala...
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    Meenakshi Amman Temple (velli – silver) and the Pon (Gold) Ambalam or PorSabhai at Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The temples where Shiva is believed...
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    chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. The brahmanas (Dikshitars) in the temple opposed the mission, but Rajaraja intervened...
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    gopuram, the main gateway. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Swetharanyesarar, Aghora and that of Nataraja, being the most prominent. All...
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    Nataraja shrine was also added in the 15th century by Arulalan Sevahadevan Vanathirayan, who also renovated the Thiruvalavaudaiyar shrine. The temple...
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    Government of Tamil Nadu. Maintenance and administration of the Chidambaram nataraja temple is ensured by a religious denominational community called the...
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    (sacrifices) who also serve as the hereditary trustees of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram. They are also called Thillai Muvayiravar or the Three Thousand...
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  • significance with this temple. In this temple Lord Shiva is an embodiment of the infinite space. Chidambaram temple is associated with Lord Nataraja, or Shiva in...
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    relatively unchanged even in modern times. The deity at the Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram is known from the Sangam period as "Thillai Koothan", the cosmic...
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    temple, Gadag, Karnataka Pond at Shiva temple near Kottakkal, Kerala Temple pond on way to Thiruvalllur, Tamil Nadu Tank at Thillai Nataraja Temple,...
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    centuries. Perur Pateeswarar Temple has several gopurams and halls, notably the Kanaka Sabha, which contains a golden statue of Nataraja. The ceiling is covered...
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  • goes to Chidambaram temple, built on the spot were Lord Siva was supposed to have been, transformed from the primordial phallus to the Nataraja, the cosmic...
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    The Govindaraja Perumal Temple, also called Thiruchitrakoodam, is a temple situated in Chidambaram, a town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Dedicated...
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    temple in southern India has a nandavanam (flower garden) where flowers and trees for garlands are grown. Large Shiva temples like Thillai Nataraja Temple...
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