The video contains a film on the Cosmic dance of Lord Shiva by Shri Debu Bhattacharya. The film includes a man describing about Mandala - the temple architecture and Lord Shiva. The film also presents the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva performed by Shri Raja Reddy and Ms. Radha Reddy.
01:00With the lightning in your womb, you are the cloud.
01:29The seasons and the seas, with no beginning nor end, you are eternally present and from you the worlds are born.
01:59With the lightning in your womb, you are the cloud.
02:29With the lightning in your womb, you are the cloud.
02:59With the lightning in your womb, you are the cloud.
03:29With the lightning in your womb, you are the cloud.
05:03The overall structure and form of an Indian temple is based on a mandala.
05:09A mandala is a diagram of mystical significance intended to explain and represent the actual appearance of the temple following architectural traditions of India.
05:22Inspired by Chalukya architecture, the Kailasa Temple at Elora in Western India is a miracle of engineering skill performed in the 8th century.
05:32It was shaped by being carved out of a rocky ridge covering an area of 128 meters by 48 meters and having a depth of over 30 meters.
05:45The rock was chiseled out on all sides to become transfigured into a monolithic temple complex reflecting its mandala.
05:54This temple is dedicated to Shiva.
06:01It's called Kailasa to represent Shiva's mountain abode in the Himalayas.
06:08To the Hindus, Shiva is the god of creation, preservation, and disinution.
06:18Transcending existence, he is the absolute, the formless, and beyond definition.
06:26Shiva, the all-pervasive, god of at least a thousand names, has possibly an equal number of faces.
06:46Here, he is the Shiva of Indian mythology, enjoying a lighter moment with his wife, Parvati, at Mount Kailasa.
06:55Ravana, the ten-headed demon king of Lanka, arrives and haughtily demands admission.
07:01He is not allowed to enter for obvious reasons.
07:05Furious, he scoops up the mountain and shakes it violently.
07:09Parvati leans on Shiva in alarm, and the cosmic lord gently presses down on the mountain with his right toe.
07:19The trap spoils Fort Ravana, realizing the enormous power of Shiva, prays to him for a thousand years.
07:32But there are as many sides to the character of Shiva as there are numerous myths about him.
07:38In the Rig Veda, India's most ancient and sacred text, compiled about 3,500 years ago,
07:49there is a graphic tale of the emergence of Shiva as Udra.
07:54From the timeless void that is nameless, because it was neither in existence nor non-existent,
08:01Shiva emerged as Udra, the fiery god of rage, armed with his hunter's bow and arrows,
08:10to take revenge upon Parvati, the lord of procreation, for having relieved his seed on virgin earth.
08:19You see, Parvati, the creator, had violated the timeless void of Shiva
08:25by setting in motion the generated act, the act that was to continue in the endless cycle of birth and death,
08:34age after age.
08:36The painting panels of the cave walls illustrate the complementary character of Shiva.
08:47Compassion with retribution, life with death.
08:53And Shiva as Naturaja is a lord of dance.
08:57His dance, a metaphor for the cycle of creation and dissolution,
09:02measures the ribbons of the crosswalk.
09:05While his right foot pins the dwarf of unconsciousness to the earth,
09:11his left is raised in a gesture of freedom,
09:14indicating the whole universe.
09:17The
09:34of
15:19We are at Mahavadipuram on the east coast of the southern state of
15:49Tamil Nadu. Located on the shoreline is the seventh century temple which is
15:55valued as one of the most precious architectural achievements of India.
15:59There were several more but sadly they have been eroded and followed by the
16:05trees.
16:25This temple has also suffered erosion. Once its four sides contain ornamental friezes of
16:32heavenly fevers, they were planned as channels for radiating in all directions
16:37the divine energy emanating from Lord Shiva. His functions as creator, preserver and
16:45destroyer are personified by three separate deities Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
16:51There are a number of stories about the origin of Shiva. One of them tells us that
16:58the creator, Brahma, unable to give form to human beings, was in a desperate state when
17:04out of his forehead emerged Shiva who assumed the responsibility of creating
17:09the perfect man. But surprisingly, he severed his genitals from his body. When his
17:16lingam fell to the ground, it drilled through the earth and the netherworld and the other
17:21end pierced through the cosmos like a column of flame, an old pervading symbolism.
17:28Similar to Shiva, his concept Parvati has many forms, each with a specific name. Here, she is Simma Bahini, the
17:51lion rider. And here she is Mahishu Madhini, emerging out of the collective energy of the gods, angered by
18:01their defeat at the hands of the buffalo demon. She is Prakriti, cosmic energy, just as Shiva is Purusha, all-pervading spirit.
18:11And here she is Mahishu Madhini.
18:21And here she is Mahishu Madhini.
18:27She is Mahishu Madhini.
25:47Believe it or not,
26:16this mango tree is traditionally accepted to be 3500 years old.
26:21Nevertheless, during the hot weather this has the distinction of producing four different types of mangoes.
26:29This tree perhaps is as old as the Rig Veda,
26:33which speaks of the emergence of Shiva at the beginning of time.
26:38Shiva is the lord of this mango tree and the temple is named after him.
26:43Mythology tells us that Parvati spent long years of austerity meditating on Shiva
26:51till she found him as her consort.
26:54But here in Kantipuram, Parvati is said to have assumed the name Kamakshi,
26:59the eyes of Kama, the lord of love.
27:03Had it not been for Kama,
27:05Shiva, the ascetic god, might still have been without his feminine counterpart.
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