Dansende Shiva Nataraja uit India (14 cm) carat a claim used to justify

a claim used to justify violence against them and also slavery

Hindus pray to Ganesha before starting something new

Vintage persfoto uit 1991

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Dansende Shiva Nataraja uit India (14 cm) carat a claim used to justifyHeight: 14 cm. Nataraja or Nataraj, the dance form of Lord Shiva. The term 'Nataraj' means 'King of Dancers' (Sanskrit nata = dance; raja = king). In the words of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Nataraj is the 'clearest picture of the activity of God that any art or religion can boast of.' It is in fact an iconographic representation of India's rich and diverse cultural heritage and was developed in southern India by artists of the 9th and 10th centuries