1. Presentation Slides Friday, October 30, 2009

2. Visvanatha Temple Khajuraho, India ca. 1000 C.E.

3. Visvanatha Temple Khajuraho, India ca. 1000 C.E.

4. “Shiva Nataraja (The Dancing Shiva)”. Bronze sculpture. Southern India, ca 1400. This is the god Shiva dancing his cosmic dance. It is believed that the energy from this dance sustains the cosmos, and when Shiva is finished with this dance, this universe will end and a new one will begin. Shiva has a few special characteristics, for example, the third eye in his forehead. He stands in a circle of flames with one foot on the demon Apasmaradurusa, who symbolizes ignorance. He holds a drum in his right hand, symbolizing the rhythm of the cosmic dance. "Shiva Nataraja," or "Lord of the Dance." Shiva dances the cosmic dance of destruction on the body of the "dwarf of ignorance." The Shiva Nataraja

5. Cosmic Mountain Borobudur, Java, Indonesia ca. 800 C.E. 400 ft. wide

6. Death of the Buddha (Parinirvana) Gal Virhara, Sri Lanka 11th - 12th century C.E.

7. Vishnu lying of the cosmic ocean from Mebon temple, Western Baray Angkor, Cambodia 12th century C.E. 8 feet long

8. Angkor Wat Angkor, Cambodia 12th century C.E.

9. Angkor Wat Angkor, Cambodia 12th century C.E.

10. Towers of the Bayon Angkor Thom, Cambodia 12th to 13th centuries C.E.

11. Towers of the Bayon Angkor Thom, Cambodia 12th to 13th centuries C.E.

12. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1647

13. Outermost gopuras of the Great Temple, Madurai, India, completed 17 th century.

14. Frederick W. Stevens, Victoria Terminus (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), Mumbai (Bombay), India 1878-1887.

15. Schwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar (Burma), 14 th century or earlier (rebuilt several times).

16. Meera Mukherjee, Ashoka at Kalinga, 1972. Bronze, 11’ 6 ¾” high.