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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...constructed during his absence. This time his new offering most favored was a temple dance called Tandrava Nrittya. Shankar became the God Shiva, whirling and gesturing, creating the universe only to destroy it. When his wife died, Shiva fell into grief and a state of meditation. Reincarnated as Parvati, she tried to wake him. When the Elephant-Demon, Gajasura, menaced her, Shiva, awake at last, came to Parvati's defense. In the great fight that followed, the god and the demon threw winds and lightning at each other, the forces of Earth, Air and Sky. Even Shiva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Brown Dancers | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

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