Akshara Devalla on Instagram: "Shiva instructs saint Tandu to teach Bharata the nritta, comprising of karanas, angaharas and recakas. This nritta was named as tandava, because of being explained by Tandu. These are all described in chapter four of the Natya Shastra. And the series of 108 karanas are illustrated in a handful of temples in South India. Of which Chidambaram is one. The dance was first performed by the Apsaras and Gandharvas in heaven. Later is was passed to humanity through the des