E31 - In sync with the infinite - Thillai Nataraja Temple

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India Lost & Found

ILF

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India Lost & Found by Amit Pasricha (ILF) brings to you ILF Radio, a one-of-a-kind heritage series featuring conversations around India's built heritage with leading experts. Through our episodes we highlight the oral histories associated with India's monuments, be they as grand as epic tales of the past, or as personal as local anecdotes. Tune in every week and listen to the buzz around India's heritage sites. We've got a good mix of histories, victories, follies, and more. Let India lost be found!

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E31 - In sync with the infinite - Thillai Nataraja Temple - Part 2

India Lost & Found

30 minutes 12 seconds

2 days ago

E31 - In sync with the infinite - Thillai Nataraja Temple - Part 2

Welcome back to ILF Radio! In our previous episode, we were introduced to its long-standing history, the beliefs, the lore and mysteries surrounding this temple. We are happy to continue the discourse today with Deepa Chakravarthy on the temple's religious significance, the socio-political context and the relevance of its message to our modern times.

Links to key heritage sites from today’s episode:

- Layout of the Thillai Nataraja Temple complex: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10th_to_13th_century_Chidambaram_Nataraja_Temple_plan.svg

- Nataraja performing Ananda Tandava:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataraja_Temple,_Chidambaram#/media/File:Nataraja01.jpg

- View of the fort from the beach showing St. Mary’s steeple (date unknown)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_St._George.jpg

- View across the temple tank

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thillai_Nataraja_temple.jpg

- File photo of Dikshitar Brahmin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikshitar#/media/File:Dikshitar_Brahmin_of_Chidambaram,_Tamil_Nadu,_India_(1909).jpg

- Procession of Nataraja’s temple car through the streets of Chidambaram

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chidambaram_festival.jpg

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Intro/Outro music credit: Dhaka by Kevin McLeod