India gifted CERN a Shiva Nataraja statue in 2004 - here's why

For those who don’t know, CERN is Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Council for Nuclear Research). It is the world's largest particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland (near Franco-Swiss border). It is the lab where scientists accelerate particles to almost the speed of light. But beyond this fact, what surprises people when they enter this space is the unusual statue standing right in the centre of the campuses of one of the world's most advanced centres of particle physics. It is a 2-metre-tall bronze figure of Shiva in his Nataraja form, the cosmic dancer.Let’s find out more about the cosmic statue:A gift from IndiaThe statue was a gift from India. It was gifted in 2004, and its presence is more than a cultural tribute.