Image title: Figure 197. Dancing Krsna

This is the sculpture of dancing Krsna - Vennai Krsna holding butter with his right hand. His left hand is in Recita. His right leg is lifted doing Urdhvajanu.

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Kumbakonam is considered as one of the holiest places in Tamil Nadu and is known for its temples and Mathas (monasteries which were centres of Brahmanical learning). These photographs depict the connection between the sculptures in the temples and Natya Shastra and related texts dealing with iconography.