Nataraja or Nataraj, The Lord (or King) of Dance, is a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the cosmic dancer Koothan who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for god Brahma to start the process of creation. As the Lord of Dance, Natarajan (Shiva) performs the tandava, the dance in which the universe is created, maintained, and dissolved. Shiva’s long, matted tresses, usually piled up in a knot, loosen during the dance and crash into the heavenly bodies, knocking them off course or destroying them utterly. The dwarf on which Nataraja dances is the demon Apasmara (Muyalaka, as as he is known in Tamil), which symbolises Shiva’s victory over ignorance.
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well that’s amazing is what it is.
thanks, jake!
Brilliant, young man. Brilliant. Well drawn, well designed, well colored … great concept to boot!
Great work as alway sir. Miss you bud.
That’s way cool.
Hi please remove this picture.I’m a Saivite Hindu and deeply offended by it.Appart from the mere copy pasting from wikipedia the artist did not do his homework to realize that it would be offensive to portray God as popeye the sailors man.Please remove this disptasteful picture at once
It is blasphmous and downright irresponsible to post such cartoons without proper consultation and research.although one does not need to do research to have common sense to know that if you portray a deity as a cartoon character would be offensive.Has society lost all sense of sanity.Have you no respect for fellow human beings and their religious beliefs. Please remove this distasteful picture
For far too long people have made a mockery out of hinduism . I support responsible artistic expression and not blasphamy.The responsible thing to do would be to remove this picture
Hi I have made attempts to contact the artist on facebook And I have not recieved a response thus far .It is my humble request that the admin of this page remove this picture.Thank you
It is blasphmous and downright irresponsible to post such cartoons without proper consultation and research.although one does not need to do research to have common sense to know that if you portray a deity as a cartoon character would be offensive.Has society lost all sense of sanity.Have you no respect for fellow human beings and their religious beliefs. Please remove this distasteful picture