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நடராஜப் பெருமானின் அருள் மழையில் நனையும் எல்லோருக்கும் இரண்டு பழைய செய்திகளை நினைவு கூறுகிறேன். ஒபாமாவும் நடராஜரும், பார்ட்டிகிள் பிஸிக்ஸும் நடராஜரும்.ஓம் நமசிவாய---
நடராஜப் பெருமானின் அருள் மழையில் நனையும் எல்லோருக்கும் இரண்டு பழைய செய்திகளை நினைவு கூறுகிறேன். ஒபாமாவும் நடராஜரும், பார்ட்டிகிள் பிஸிக்ஸும் நடராஜரும்.ஓம் நமசிவாய---
The Newsweek magazine cover of November 22, 2010 captioned "God of All Things" depicts US President Barack Obama as the Hindu God Nataraja. The pose the President is made to strike apes the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva in his Nataraja avatar.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In choosing the image of Shiva Nataraja, the Indian government acknowledged the profound significance of the metaphor of Shiva's dance for the cosmic dance of subatomic particles, which is observed and analyzed by CERN's physicists. The parallel between Shiva's dance and the dance of subatomic particles was first discussed by Fritjof Capra in an article titled "The Dance of Shiva: The Hindu View of Matter in the Light of Modern Physics," published in Main Currents in Modern Thought in 1972. Shiva's cosmic dance then became a central metaphor in Capra's international bestseller The Tao of Physics, first published in 1975 and still in print in over 40 editions around the world.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A special plaque next to the Shiva statue at CERN explains the significance of the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with several quotations from The Tao of Physics.Here is the text of the plaque:
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Shiva's Cosmic Dance at CERN
Shiva's Cosmic Dance at CERN
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]On June 18, 2004, an unusual new landmark was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva — a 2m tall statue of the Indian deity Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In choosing the image of Shiva Nataraja, the Indian government acknowledged the profound significance of the metaphor of Shiva's dance for the cosmic dance of subatomic particles, which is observed and analyzed by CERN's physicists. The parallel between Shiva's dance and the dance of subatomic particles was first discussed by Fritjof Capra in an article titled "The Dance of Shiva: The Hindu View of Matter in the Light of Modern Physics," published in Main Currents in Modern Thought in 1972. Shiva's cosmic dance then became a central metaphor in Capra's international bestseller The Tao of Physics, first published in 1975 and still in print in over 40 editions around the world.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A special plaque next to the Shiva statue at CERN explains the significance of the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with several quotations from The Tao of Physics.Here is the text of the plaque:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, seeing beyond the unsurpassed rhythm, beauty, power and grace of the Nataraja, once wrote of it "It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of."
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