Editing Nataraja (section)

==In dance and yoga==

In modern [[yoga as exercise]], [[Natarajasana]] is a posture resembling Nataraja and named for him in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Iyengar |first=B. K. S. |author-link=B. K. S. Iyengar |title=[[Light on Yoga|Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika]] |publisher=Thorsons |year=1979 |isbn=978-1855381667 |pages=419–422 |orig-year=1966}}</ref> A similar pose appears in the classical Indian dance form [[Bharatanatyam]].<ref name="Bhavanani 2001">{{cite web |last1=Bhavanani |first1=Ananda Balayogi |last2=Bhavanani |first2=Devasena |date=2001 |title=BHARATANATYAM AND YOGA |url=http://www.dhdi.free.fr/recherches/horizonsinterculturels/articles/bharatanatyamyoga.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023215608/http://www.dhdi.free.fr/recherches/horizonsinterculturels/articles/bharatanatyamyoga.htm |archive-date=23 October 2006 |access-date=26 January 2019 |quote=He also points out that these [Bharatanatyam dance] stances are very similar to Yoga Asanas, and in the Gopuram walls at Chidambaram, at least twenty different classical Yoga Asanas are depicted by the dancers, including Dhanurasana, Chakrasana, Vrikshasana, Natarajasana, Trivikramasana, Ananda Tandavasana, Padmasana, Siddhasana, Kaka Asana, Vrishchikasana and others.}}</ref>

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File:Indian-dancer-nataraja.png|Nataraja pose in [[Bharatanatyam]] classical Indian dance
File:Natarajasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg|[[Natarajasana]] in modern [[yoga as exercise]]
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