Pancha Sabhai

Pancha Sabhai Sthalangal refers to the temples of Lord Nataraja, a form of Lord Shiva where he performed the Cosmic Dance. "Pancha" indicates Five, "Sabhai" means hall and "Stala" means place. All these temples are located in Tamil Nadu, India.
Nataraja.
The five places where Shiva performed cosmic dance are called Pancha sabhai Thalangal. There are five Sabhas within Chidambaram temple itself. Those are called Chirsabhai (the sanctum), Porsabhai (hall preceding the sanctum), Nirutha Sabhai (the chariot shaped hall), Deva Sabhai (the hall where all the festival deities are housed) and Rajasabhai (the thousand pillared hall).
As per Bharathamuni, Shiva was the originator of dance and he allowed Nandi to witness his performance. "Thandava", the dance form, is derived from "Thanda", the other name of Nandi. Shiva Thandava is classified into seven types, namely, Kali Thandava, Sandhya Thandava, Tripura Thandava, Anandha Thandava, Uma Thandava, Samhara Thandava and Urdhwa Thandava.
A few temples in Tamil Nadu are closely associated with Nataraja and have their own myths of dance along with the halls specific to their version of dance. The seven dances of Lord Siva can be recognised as the varied facts of single theme viz. the Beauty and Bliss of the Absolute. Herein lies the aesthetic fact of the dance. The seven dances are:
In the above classification of Siva's dance, as mentioned in puranic literature the temples are found within the geographical and cultural limit of Tamil Nadu. Of the seven dances, the seventh dance, "Ananda Thandavam" is representative and symbolic of the themes inherent in all other dances. The seventh is a composite ideal of the main tenets of "Saiva Siddhanta" Philosophy. The dance itself is a source of supreme aesthetic enjoyment of the beauty and bliss of god
External.
Pancha Sabhai Map