Arudra Darshan observed in Dec/Jan.
Arudra signifies the golden red flame and Lord Shiva performs the dance in the form of this red-flamed light.

Cosmic dance of Lord Shiva is called 'Anandatandava,' Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction +
++

It also symbolises the daily rhythm of birth and death. Thus, Lord Shiva in the form of Nataraja takes away the ignorance from our minds through the divine act of dance.

Symbolism Of Nataraja Dancing, is seen as a way to unite with the Creator. ++
++

Arudra Darshan is of great importance at the Chidambaram Nataraja 
Temple in his Ananda Tandava pose. Legend has it that Lord Shiva performed the cosmic dance in Nataraja form at Chidambaram for his devotees Adi Shesha and Vyagrapaadar. ++
++

Adishesha, the seven-headed serpent on whom Lord Vishnu rests in Milky Ocean, wanted to witness this divine dance of creation after hearing about it from Lord Shiva. Vyagrapaadar was a devotee of Lord Shiva who performed penance to witness Ananda Tandava. ++
++

Lord Shiva granted their request and performed it at Chidambaram.

The Ananda Thandavam of Shiva – popularly called Nataraja is said to symbolize the five divine acts (pancha krityas) of creation: sustenance, dissolution, removal or concealment, and liberation/Moksha ++
+
This cosmic dance takes place in every particle and is the source of all energy.

Arudra Darshan celebrates this ecstatic dance of Lord Shiva. He is worshipped in Chidambaram Temple as Akasa Lingam, in the ‘formless form’ which is popularly called the Chidambara Rahasyam ++
++
Rahasyam also means that which is unknown
🙏🌺

Credits
Indiantemples
Chidambaram temple blogs
Templerunsanti

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Mise en scene

Mise en scene Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(