Dancing Shiva-Nataraja was in fact “evangelised” by a Chola queen, Sembiyan Mahadevi. But the Cholas oppressed other religious sects, Buddhists, Jains and Vaishnavites. “One of the Chola ...

He also highlighted the influence of the Chola dowager queen and great-aunt of Sembiyan Mahadevi in the kingdom and established the Nataraja idol as an iconic symbol of India. Stating that Natarja ...