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Natyanjali Dance festival South India

Begins from your day of Mahashivaratri, for five days. Chidambaram is situated along the coast of your Bay of Bengal, seventy five kms south of Pondicherry. Lord Nataraja, in accordance with the Hindu mythology is a cosmic dancer. He is called the Lord of dances. This is an opportunity for all dancers, from all India, to carry out and to spend their tribute to Lord Nataraja.The Natyanjali festival, which brings all the prominent dancers of India, together to the similar platform, opens on the auspicious event of Mahasivaratri, within the thirty day period of February. It is actually performed in the 'Prakara' from the temple, plus the dancers, complete of powerful bliss and devotion, with their evocative abhinaya, offer their dance for the good divinity, Lord Nataraja.

Natyanjali Dance Festivals have terrific worth in Chidambaram. The Natyanjali festival devoted for the Cosmic Dancer (Lord Shiva) is celebrated each and every year during February-March. Lord Nataraja, in accordance with Hindu mythology will be the cosmic dancer. He is also known as "the Lord of Dances".

Natyanjali dance festival is jointly organised through the Division of Tourism, Federal government of Tamil Nadu, The Ministry Of Tourism, Authorities of India and the Natyanjali Trust, Chidambaram. It really is developed to advertise a universal message of 'Unity in Diversity' conveyed within the universal language of audio and dance.

The best way to get there

• Air
The nearest airport is at Trichy, at a distance of 160-km.

• Rail
The railway station is close to the Nataraja Temple. Express and passenger trains leave for Chennai 4 occasions every day, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur twice daily, Tiruchirappalli and Madurai.