{"id":500,"date":"2017-01-04T00:15:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T00:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudlatnid.com\/apps\/wp\/?p=500"},"modified":"2017-01-04T00:15:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T00:15:06","slug":"lord-nataraja-representation-of-lord-shiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"Lord Nataraja &#8211; representation of Lord Shiva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-501\" src=\"http:\/\/sudlatnid.com\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nataraja-001-249x300.png\" alt=\"nataraja-001\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><em>Lord Nataraja<\/em> is a representation of <em>Lord Shiva<\/em>. <em>Nataraja&#8217;s<\/em> dance activates dormant vital energy (<em>Kundalini Shakti<\/em>) and becomes an act of creation, symbolized by the upper right hand holding a drum, and destruction, represented by the flame held by the upper left hand. The lower right hand is in the <em>Abhaya mudra<\/em> position, bestowing peace and protection. The second left hand points downward to the uplifted left foot, signifying release. The right foot, planted on the prostrate body of <em>Apasmara Purusha<\/em>, the demon of forgetfulness, symbolizes human ignorance of our divine nature. A ring of flames and light arises from and surrounds the dancer, presenting the purifying power of the dance. <em>Nataraja&#8217;s<\/em> face, meanwhile, remains calm, quietly witnessing the tremendous display of his own energy with just the hint of a smile.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Nataraja is a representation of Lord Shiva. Nataraja&#8217;s dance activates dormant vital energy (Kundalini Shakti) and becomes an act of creation, symbolized by the upper right hand holding a drum, and destruction, represented by&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/?p=500\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hinduism","category-spiritual","odd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}