Shiva as Nata-raja, or Lord of the Dance, Elephanta, 6th c.

LEFT IMAGE:
Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, Oct. 1999

RIGHT IMAGE:
Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Ele&cd=8033-3191-0194:8033-3191-4281&country=Inde&col=pays
["Elephanta," set 1 (of 1), page 7, image 6]
(downloaded Dec. 1999)

Differerent poses of Nataraja, from Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, c.7th c.

Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Kanchi&cd=7219-3282-0140:7219-3282-0139&country=Inde&col=pays
LEFT IMAGE: [Kanchipuram, set 1 (of 2), page 2, image 3]
RIGHT IMAGE: [Kanchipuram, set 1 (of 2), page 2, image 5]
(downloaded Oct. 1999) 

Shiva Nataraja in his classic form, Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamilnadu, bronze, Chola period, 11th c.

Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, Oct. 1999

A modern kalamkari version from Andhra Pradesh

Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/PF36/
(downloaded Apr. 2006)