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    CHOLA ART

    1. The temple dance of Bharatnatyam developed during the chola reign .


    Females who were the consorts of god (devadasis), they performed this
    dance form .
    2. Ancient Hindu metal images barely have any inscriptions , they are
    studied vis a vis stone inscription . Old Nataraja figures are found in
    Kailash Nath swami temple and so on . Acc to Srinivasan , the bronze
    Nataraja also emerged during this period however as Sharada Srinivasa
    analysis of archaeometry iconography and literary evidences shows that
    the bronze representation of Shivas Anand tandav first appeared in
    pallava period between the 7th and mid 9 centuries . He analysis 130
    images of pallava and chola period and she claims that the 2 Nataraja
    bronze – one found and kunniyur in the tanjavur district , another is in
    the British museum .
    3. These have traditionally been described as chola bronzes , in all
    likelihood they were made in the pallava period .
    4. Chola period is known for the finesse of its metal images . Tanjavur was
    the epicenter for such images . The difference between metal images of
    the north and south is that – the north Indian ones were hollow while
    the south Indian ones were solid though both were made through the
    wax method . Another difference is that the north Indian ones are made
    from 8 metals (ashthadhatu) and the ones from south are made with 5
    metals (panchdhatu ).
    5. Copper , gold , silver , tin and lead were the 5 metals used in the south
    India . Iron , mercury and Zinc were perhaps not used in the south
    nevertheless , these were a part of the ashthadhatu .
    6. More and more of gold and copper were used in the south due to their
    extreme familiarity with these metals .
    7. These style of metal images were very similar to their stone
    counterparts . They were clothed and decorated . Some southern images
    were carried in procession while other were used for temple rituals .
    8. Nataraja was a perpetually emerging murti in the chola period .
    9. Some metal buddhist images are also found , Krishna images are also
    found .
    10.Nat mandir , Natana sabha there were 2 types of shiva images depicting
    Ananda tandav and Rudra tandav .
    11.The lower hand gajahastha which is pointed towards the lifted foot this
    is symbolic of the refuge of the world under is feet . The right hand is the
    position of releasing the Abhay pose . Shiva is dancing on a dwarf called
    muyalaka , this is symbolic of over coming the evil of the world . The left
    leg is thrusted out .
    12.The image is symbolic of him being the creator and the destroyer . The
    rudra tandav shows fire and the damroo which are symbolic of these .
    13.Acc to Srinivasan the chola image of the metallic gods are coming so late
    due to the poor tinsel weight of stone in comparison to metal . The
    carvers face a difficulty in carving the left leg in tone of shiva .
    14.The dreadlocks of lord shiva are in the air and they touch the rim of the
    circle .
    15.In south india dance of shiva found its way in the poetry like
    manikkavachakar by nayanmar .He says the dancer should be praised for
    his skills . Cholas patronised Shaivism so a great rise in Shaivism can be
    noted . A great rise in the worship of shiva’s family like skanda/murgan ,
    ganesha and Parvati is also seen .
    16.Shiva was mostly worshipped in the Ananda Tandav form , not the Rudra
    one cause that depicts the dance of sole destruction .

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