“Natawara”- literally the excellent dancer is a popular epithet for Sri Krishna among Hindus of India. The dark-skinned God earned this title due to his ecstatically divine dance performed on the hoods of the serpent Kaliya. Mirroring Krishna’s vigorous movements as described in the Puranas and local traditions, this beautiful handmade Panchaloha bronze dancing Krishna statue pays obeisance to Krishna, from whose movement the classical Indian dance form of “Kathaka” derives inspiration.
Made using the age-old Lost Wax technique, this dancing Krishna bronze presents the childhood form of Krishna, with an innocent visage and plump limbs. The divinity embodied by the “Baalya-Swaroopa” or childhood form of Krishna is underlined by the exquisite ornamentation- a prominent necklace, “Udarbandha” or stomach belt with a Kirtimukha (face of glory) centerpiece, and a waist belt fitted with bells that tinkle to produce sweet melodies complementing the sweetness of Krishna immersed in dancing. Perfect curls of Krishna’s hair are delineated in bronze, with a peacock feather enhancing the loveliness of Sri Krishna.
The elegant bronze statue of dancing Krishna is balanced flawlessly on a small inverted lotus platform, which rests upon another, square pedestal.
Dynamism is felt in this bronze dancing Krishna statue, with the upraised hands of the dancing god and the left leg athletically yet gracefully in the air- an attempt by the maker of this Swamimalai bronze of Krishna to recreate the ambiance felt by the residents of Vrindavana, on the bank of Yamuna, when Sri Krishna jumped and twirled on the hood of Kaliya. It is the thumping of his feet from which emerged the sounds of Ta, Thai, and Tat- used in the routine of the Kathaka dance, and named “Natawari” after the dancer par excellence- Natawara.
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