Australia returns lost art treasures to India, including Shiva Nataraja Australian galleries bought the artworks from a dealer who's awaiting trial Subhash Kapoor is facing trial on theft-related ...

Shiva Nataraja, Chola dynasty (c. 990). ... This very familiarity, however, means we forget to really look at fine examples like the Freer Gallery of Art’s compelling Nataraja.

Archaeometallurgical, iconographic and literary evidence discussed shows that the Nataraja bronze, depicting Shiva's anandatandava or 'dance of bliss', was a Pallava innovation ... Kaimal, P. 1999.

India News: At Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, Shiva, as Nataraja, king of dancers, is portrayed doing the ecstasy-dance, the ananda tandavam.

The works in question include bronze murti statues representing the goddess Uma Parvati, which are worth $3.5 million, and a $5 million Shiva Nataraja statue. Subhash Kapoor.