The beautiful Kalamkari painting depicts the Lord Shiva in his cosmic avatar. Siva as the cosmic dancer, as transformer, the liberator of energy from the spiraling and coiling nature, symbol of spiritual ardor and passion for accomplishment is the most revered icon of Hinduism. His movements orders the rhythms and melodies of the universe, at once a dance into meditative states of transcendence. His dance is the dance of cosmic evolution of matter which knows no beginning, no middle, and no end, and is entwined and engulfed in spirit – from cell to spirituality.

Lord Shiva is otherwise known as the destroyer of evil and ignorance, destroyer for the sake of regeneration; transformation and transmutation.

Shiva as Nataraja is a quintessential symbol for the meaning of life itself – and the dance and its rhythms and melodies the universe itself. In Siva’s dance, the body becomes the spirit.