The scientific Symbolism of the Statue of Shiva Nataraja at CERN, Switzerland

Lord Shiva is one of the most important deities in the Hindu religion. He is known by many names such as Mahadeva, Neelkantha, Rudra, Sambhu, Nataraja.

Shiva's form of Natraja symbolizes the cosmic dance of creation and destruction. More interestingly CERN which is located at Geneva, that lies on the French/Swiss border in the European Organization for Nuclear research whose primary function is the oversight of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is one of the biggest and greatest scientific research centers in the world and interestingly it has a statue of Shiva Nataraja

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