Silver pendant, Shiva lord of the nataraja cosmic dance

The dance of ShivaNataraja or Nataraj represents the cosmic dance of Shivaè also called 'Anandatandava', meaning the dance of bliss, which symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, like the daily rhythm of birth and death. Dance is a pictorial allegory of the five main manifestations of eternal energy: creation, destruction, conservation, salvation and illusion.