Tandava Tandava is a divine dance performed by Mahadev, classified into different types based on the mood in which it is performed. For example, Ananda Tandava is performed with joy, while Raudra or Rudra Tandava is performed in a violent mood. Mahadev is depicted as dancing the Tandava in his form of Nataraja sculptures. The Naatya Shaastraa, a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts, describes various aspects of Tandava. At Mahadev's order, Tandu, the attendant of Mahadev, instructed bharada,