Can Nataraja statue be kept at home is a doubt among several Hindus. This is because there is a belief that the Nataraja form of Shiva is associated with Tandav – dance of destruction. As this form of Shiva is associated with the negative energy it should not be kept at home. This is mere superstition. We should be proud of the Nataraja murti and not spread superstition about it. Firstly, Shiva or Nataraja is not associated with destruction in the negative sense. Shiva is responsible for regeneration. One cannot but marvel at the deep insight and sweep of imagination of our ancients to visualized cosmic energy in the form of Nataraja. The dance of the Nataraja symbolizes truth and beauty; realization and dissolution; force and rhythm; movement and change; time flowing and time still. The Nataraja is a representation of the divine as creator and artist. Indira Gandhi – Former Prime Minister of India (Source: In her foreword to C. Sivaramurti's monograph of 1974 on Natar