These lines from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri at once bring forth the vision of Nataraja, the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva as depicted in the bronze statues in South India. These statues present themselves as spiritual texts that one may interpret them, or realise the underlying power and truth. It may therefore be attempted to read the statue of Nataraja or the cosmic dance of Shiva as poetry in sculpture. Perfect as it is in its symbolism and suggestiveness, it allows a deeper scrutiny of the nature in which poetry allows inquiry. Therefore, then the parameters applied to read spiritual poetry may also be read in the bronze statue.
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