Arudra Darshan

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Hindu festival religious observance

Arudra Darshan is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, particularly celebrated in South India to honor his cosmic dance form, Nataraja.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arudra Darisanam	2
Great Night of Shiva	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arudra Darisanam NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiruvathirai NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedArtForm	Bharatanatyam NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Indian dance ⓘ
associatedCommunity	Shaivites NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConcept	Ananda Tandava NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmic cycles of creation and dissolution ⓘ
associatedDeityForm	Nataraja NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedNakshatra	Ardra NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiruvathirai (Arudra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTemple	Chidambaram Nataraja Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarSystem	Tamil calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicSymbolism	Shiva as Lord of Dance ⓘ Shiva’s role as creator, preserver, and destroyer through dance ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important Shaivite festival in Tamil tradition ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
devotionalActivity	dance offerings to Nataraja ⓘ fasting ⓘ night-long vigil in temples ⓘ recitation of hymns to Shiva ⓘ
festivalTheme	divine dance ⓘ grace of Shiva ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ
honors	cosmic dance of Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyRitual	early morning temple rituals ⓘ offering of special sweets ⓘ procession of Nataraja deity ⓘ special abhishekam to Nataraja ⓘ
languageContext	Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalTextUsed	Tevaram hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiruvempavai hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRegionOfCelebration	Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
observanceTime	early hours of the morning ⓘ
observedIn	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
occursInTamilMonth	Margazhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
typicalGregorianMonth	December ⓘ January ⓘ
worshipForm	Nataraja idol worship ⓘ Shiva linga worship ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maha Shivaratri → alsoKnownAs → Arudra Darshan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Night of Shiva

Adi Kumbeswarar Temple → associatedFestival → Arudra Darshan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arudra Darisanam

Ramanathaswamy Temple → festival → Arudra Darshan ⓘ

Chidambaram → hasFestival → Arudra Darshan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arudra Darisanam

Annamalaiyar Temple → majorFestival → Arudra Darshan ⓘ