He is enshrined in what was India's first golden temple (Pon Ambalam). His dance has inspired a million moves and countless songs. Key words: Shiva, Nataraja, Apasmara, epilepsy, cretinism, hypoparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism From cretinisim to the original descriptions of pseudohypoparathyroidism here is one view of the medical mystery under Shiva's dancing feet. The short limbed stocky eye popping dwarf with possible mental retardation with a name that suggests epilepsy throws open a host of endocrine diagnoses. Does the demon under his feet Apasmara literally forgetfulness or epilepsy have an endocrine disorder. But does Nataraja dance upon an endocrine mystery. Mysticism surrounds the dancing form of the Nataraja. Nowhere has this dance been crystallised in its pristine form as in the Nataraja Bronzes from the Chola period. Endocrinology and the arts at the feet of the dancing Lord: Parathyroid hormone resistance in an Indian iconÄepartment of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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