Fig. 7: Karana karihasta (87), East gopuram of the Shiva Nataraja temple in Chidambaram.
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Shiva Nataraja temple, Chidambaram
Chola dynasty, 13th century
Appx. 50 cm high
December 2010, R Kandhan Raja Deekshithar, Jayakumar Raja Deekshithar , Sankar Raja Deekshithar, Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink.