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WHY CERN HAS A STATUE OF LORD SHIVA (NATARAJ)?
The gorgeous gilded statue of Lord Shiva, who is also living. The greatest minds of the 20th century from all
known as Nataraj and symbolises the ‘life force’, has a over the world such as Tesla, Bohr, Heisenberg admitted
statue standing proudly in front of CERN, Switzerland. the fact that most of their research work are based on the
First we have to know what is CERN? This is a world famous Vedic texts in India.There is a science behind the cosmic
European organization of nuclear research in Switzerland. dance of Lord Shiva Nataraj. This deity was chosen by the
Indian government because of a metaphor that was drawn
The statue was a gift from India. The figure of Nataraj is
between the cosmic dance of the Nataraj and the modern
enclosed in a ring of fire which represents the continuous
study of the ‘cosmic dance’ of subatomic particles.
creation and destruction of the Universe. The mass, space
and time are enclosed within the cosmic ring of fire. The
universe consists of matter, we all are matter. JayashreeSaha
Hinduism is not a religion but it is a science, a way of Department of
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