Actions for Chidambaram : home of Nataraja
Chidambaram : home of Nataraja / edited by Vivek Nanda with George Michell ; photographs by Bharath Ramamrutham
- Published
- Mumbai : Marg Publications on behalf of the the National Centre for the Performig Arts, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Physical Description
- 140 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
- Additional Creators
- Nanda, Vivek, Michell, George, Ramamrutham, Bharath, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), and Marg Publications
- Contents
- Chidambaram: a ritual topography / Vivek Nanda -- Portfolio: temple and town / Bharath Ramamrutham -- Chidambaram and the dance of Shiva in South Indian myth and poetry / Indira Viswanathan Peterson -- Chidambara Rahasya: The "secret" of Chidambaram / B. Natarajan -- Ritual life of the Nataraja Temple / Paul Younger -- The Nataraja Murti and Chidambaram: genesis of a cult image / John Guy -- Chola architecture and sculpture at Chidambaram / Gerd J.R. Mevissen -- Painting in the Shivakamasundari shrine at Chidambaram / David Smith -- The temple at Tiruvalangadu and the myth of the dance competition / Michael Wood -- The dancing lords of Tillae and Arur: A comparative study / Rajeshwari Ghose -- The blessed and the banal: Shiva Nataraja in the 20th century / Pratapaditya Pal.
- Summary
- Contributed articles.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 8185026645
- Note
- "Vol. 55, no. 4, June 2004"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 2830082