GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Shiva
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Brahma
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Vishnu
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Agni
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a symbol, Shiva Nataraja is a brilliant invention. It combines in a single image Shiva’s roles as creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe and conveys the Indian conception of the never-ending cycle of time.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Nataraja (Sanskrit: Lord of Dance) Shiva represents apocalypse and creation as he dances away the illusory world of Maya transforming it into power and enlightenment. The symbolism of Siva Nataraja is religion, art and science merged as one.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shaiva devotees and ascetics are mentioned in Patanjali’s Mahābhāṣya (2nd-century BCE) and in the Mahabharata. The earliest iconic artworks of Shiva may be from Gandhara and northwest parts of ancient India.