Dancing gods

Published on 6th November, 2022, in the Times of India. One of the things we take for granted in Hinduism is dancing. Hindu gods dance. Shiva dances his Tandava as Nataraja surrounded by ganas and yoginis. Vishnu dances in the form of Krishna as Natwara on the hood of a serpent, or in the Ras Leela surrounded by women. Ganesha dances. The goddess Kali competes with Shiva in dance. In the crematorium, Chamunda is seen dancing with ghosts and vampires. Not only do the gods dance, dance is an offering made to the gods. In Puranic literature, Indra enjoys the dance of the apsaras in ..