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The Nataraja ‘Vigraha’ in the Glorious temple of
Chidambaram incorporates all these activities and much more. And now
let us proceed to the second aspect of this Nataraja – that of
Religion.
As everyone knows Hinduism in not a religion as such, but
a way of life or Hindu Dharama which envelops all the tenets of
Hindu living, specially the ideals of Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram.
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It is a well-known fact that beauty either in a statue or in dance,
belongs to a Totality, not the part though the part may be beautiful
because it in itself has a totality. Beauty lies
in perfect integration of movement – colours, lines, sounds, life
processes etc., and this integration is the bringing together of the
multiplicity to unity. In relation to the ultimate reality, truth is
the subjective aspect, while beauty is objective and goodness is the
perfect balancing of the two aspects. Thus the Trinity of God
according to Plato is “The Good, The true and the Beautiful”,
whereas in Hinduism it is Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram.
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