More Of What This Early Summer Dance Brings To You
This particular ritual at this particular vortex specializes in improving health and even curing diseases. Shiva MADE this statue Himself. Shiva IS this statue!
At the famous Tirunallam Vortex/Temple of Konerirajapuram near Kumbakkonam, Faith, devotion and commitment to perfecting your consciousness was made tangible. Shiva Himself saved this statue makers’ life and became the most splendid Shiva Nataraja bronze standing over 8 feet tall.
With a day only to cast a new statue, and his life at stake, the stress was on to succeed
Did You Know?
5 Metal Statue Making
First the metals are collected in a crucible and heated to get converted into liquid molten form. At the same time, the mould or cast is heated and becomes red hot. It is bound in wire and propped with iron rods, then buried in the ground up to the mouth of the mould, in a firm upright position. The hot liquid metal is poured into it and left to cool gradually. When fully cooled, the mould is broken open exposing the rough metal image. The finishing stage is begun where the rough statue is chiseled, filed, and engraved to reach the fine ornamental standard.
Seasonal Dance Performances
There are times that are more effective for Karma Busting and connecting to the higher source for super charging changing your destiny. Nataraja Abishekam is one of those ultimate opportunities and happens only 6 Times A Year.
In Vedic Astrology, there are 6 basic seasons per year or Earth Revolution Cycle:
Early winter, late winter, early summer, high summer, rainy and autumn season.
"Modern physics has shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the birth and death of all living creatures, but is also the very essence of inorganic matter," and that "For the modern physicists, then, Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter."-Fritjof Capra, Physicist
Life’s Hamster Wheel
The symbolism of the divine dance is the destruction and reconstruction of your consciousness; to release you from illusion, to get you off of your karmic hamster wheel, break you from your sufferings, limitations and hardships and give you a happy and fulfilling life.
When you have higher consciousness, everything improves- thoughts, level of joy and ease, health, wealth, and drive to keep improving or evolving.
Focus on the Form of Nataraja
You will feel the power of Lord Nataraja when you participate in the Anointing, Hydration Ritual/Abishekam on the seasonal Nataraja Powerday. Your sub-conscious mind can understand the deeper significance of the Cosmic Dance. Study the form and contemplate the meanings. This will strengthen your inner connection to all that there is and empower you to flow with the natural movements of the planets.
You will receive the Energized Silver Shiva Nataraja pendant and Energized Laminated Wallet Size Picture of Nataraja along with Vibhuti (sacred grey ash) and Kum-Kum (Red Vermillion Powder) which was blessed in the rituals. Keep the prasad on your meditation altar and wear it on your forehead during meditation or other times and expand the Divine blessings into your life.
Please Note: Your energized Silver Shiva Nataraja pendant, Energized Laminated Wallet Size Picture of Nataraja and prasad will be shipped from Chennai, India; Please allow 15-21 days for delivery after the ritual.
You will receive the Energized 5-Metal, Temple Quality 12” Shiva Nataraja Statue along with Vibhuti (sacred grey ash) and Kum-Kum (Red Vermillion Powder) which was blessed in the rituals. Keep the prasad on your meditation altar and wear it on your forehead during meditation or other times and expand the Divine blessings into your life.
Please Note: Your energized 5-Metal, Temple Quality 12” Shiva Nataraja Statue and prasad will be shipped from Chennai, India; Please allow 15-21 days for delivery after the ritual.
- There are 6 Seasons for Nataraja abhishekam per year. It is performed once per season. The cycle of Earth's revolution is divided into 6 Seasons namely: early winter, late winter, early summer, high summer, rainy and autumn season.
- The year of 6 Seasons for humans is said to be equivalent to 1 day for the immortal. A day has 6 periods: dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night. These are when the 6 daily rituals in temples are performed. This period will be in sync with the natural movement of the planets.
- During each of the 6 Seasons, on the auspicious day of Lord Nataraja, the abhishekam is performed to connect to the energy of the creation and destruction cycles of the universe.
Each season, the Lord of the Cosmic Dance, or Shiva Nataraja, performs His “Ananda Tandava”, or dance of bliss. Shiva Nataraja is the archetype for the source of all movement within the cosmos.
- Lord Shiva's 5 Divine Activities are represented in His gestures:
1. Creation - symbolized by the drum
2. Protection- by the "fear-not" pose of the hand
3 Destruction- by the fire
4. Embodiment- by the foot planted on the ground
5. Bestowment- by the foot held aloft
- The dwarf demon lies at the bottom of the planted foot signifies higher consciousness and Divine Intelligence’s victory over ignorance.
- The flames surrounding the Lord represent the universe.
- The snake found around the Lord's waist signifies yogic energy (kundalini or prana-shakti).
This temple/vortex has the finest and richest collection of bronze images. The most important and prominent statue is the Shiva Nataraja or the Dancing Shiva that is over 8 feet tall.
The History, The Legend:
The king and his wife commissioned the Sthapathi to make a tall and appealing Lord Nataraja statue of temple quality in 5- metals.
Sthapathi is an artisan who makes icons, with the required quantity and quality of metals as outlined in the ancient scriptures.
The Sthapathi, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, was very happy with the King’s order and set to work. The king was not happy with the first attempt. Nor was he happy with the next 3 attempts and rejected them all. The king gave the Sthapathi a last chance ordering him to make a more appealing statue that was taller and appeared more alive. If the artisan failed this last time, the king was going to chop off his head.
The Sthapathi had only one day to fill the tall order. He prayed and prayed to Lord Shiva to make his work appealing to the king and was thinking about how to start casting the final Nataraja.
An old man and his wife approached him and asked for some water to quench their thirst. The Sthapathi was really stressed as his life was at stake here, to offer water and told them he had none. The old man asked him to offer something to drink as they had walked all the way in a sunny day. The Sthapathi lost his patience and said "If you really want to drink something, drink the molten metal".
The old man immediately took the pot and drank the molten metal giving a little to his wife. Before the Sthapathi realized what happened, there emerged two statues, one of large the Nataraja and other his wife Parvati.
The king walked into his workshop at the same time and was extremely happy to see the statues. The Sthapathi was speechless. God had come himself out of infinite love and compassion to make the statues and save his life.
Sthapathi conveyed the whole incident to the king who called his tale a lie and raised his sword furiously. It struck the lifted right foot of the Nataraja. Blood spurted out and splashed on the King who developed leprosy. He became a believer.
The Nataraja here is believed to have the ability to cure all diseases.
