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THANJAVUR, INDIA, July 6, 2012 (newindianexpress.com): The ancient Chola town of Thanjavur has made its artistic and aesthetic contribution to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), which discovered the Higgins Boson particle, as the Lord Nataraja’s icon in the cosmic dance pose placed at the lab is made by sculptors from Swamimalai, near Kumbakonam here. The 12-feet bronze icon was ordered by the Indian Government through the National Indian Arts and Crafts Corporation and gifted to the CERN research lab in Geneva. It was made of locally-sourced bronze weighing around two tons. A team of 80 sculptors took nearly 17 months to complete the magnificent bronze icon. According to Saivite philosophy, Lord Nataraja symbolises cosmic dance, which is related to the subject observed and analyzed by the scientists in CERN. The icon with Lord Shiva in Rudra Thandavam (cosmic dance) posture was placed in CERN lab. It may symbolise a link between Saivite philosophy and modern science.

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