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As the Lord of Dance, Nataraja, Shiva performs the tandava, which is the dance in which the universe is created, maintained, and resolved.
RVABlogs 2009
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Finally she immolates herself and that is when Kalamandalam Harinarayanan's Siva plucks out a matt of his hair, throws it down and performs the tandava.
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You can feel it in the cyber rush of A R Rahman's finger board, unveiled here for the first time, in the throb of Shankar Ehsan Loy, in the musical tandava of Shivamani and the electronic twang of the instruments.
The Times of India 2010
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The kavadi aattam, a tandava (or masculine) form of dance, produces a feeling of joy in the dancer as well as the spectator.
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Where cigarette flicks and dark glasses are the perennial symbols of style and substance, sycophancy does a tandava over psephology.
The Times of India 2010
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The kavadi aattam, a tandava (or masculine) form of dance, produces a feeling of joy in the dancer as well as the spectator.
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Thaipusam also signifies the day Lord Shiva (another name for God) danced the Ananda Nadanam (dance of bliss), a tandava dance, resulting in the spontaneous enlightenment of sages gathered around him.
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Nadanam (dance of bliss), a tandava dance, resulting in the spontaneous enlightenment of sages gathered around him.
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Notorious for performing the tandava at the drop of a hat, Shiva went on a rampage with Sati on his shoulders.
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Today's political tandava may be happening because the tables are turning once again, as Trinamul makes headway at the cost of the Left Front.
The Times of India 2009
mollusque commented on the word tandava
The dance of Shiva; an energetic dance style of India.
December 16, 2007