Image title: Figure 210. A dancer with a Vina.

A beautiful figure of a dancing girl with a Vina. She is showing a delicate Tribhanga posture–body is bent at waist and neck. The torso is bent to one side and the head to another. She is in Ayata Sthana. Siras is in Ancita, Parsva is in Nata on right and Samunnata on the left. Urah [uras] is in Sama, Kati is in Udvahita on right. Right leg is straight and unbent. Left leg is kept at ease. She is also having a bun on the left side of her head which seems to be in vogue those days.

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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.