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William Dalrymple on Twitter: "In Chola sculpture the sexual nature of the Gods is strongly implied rather than directly stated. It is there in the extraordinary swinging rhythm of these eternally still
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) | Indian (Tamil Nadu) | Chola period (880–1279) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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