Thangka Thanka Paintings or Tibetan Sacred Paintings is old and is said to have been practiced from as early as third century B. C. in Nepal and Tibet. Thangka paintings are considered symbolic as they tell a religious story or embody the teachings of deities. These sacred painting known as Pauvha in Nepali & Newari and Thanka or Thangka in Tibetan are paraphernalia of Buddhist and Hindus experience god jotting them down in form of art in the canvas. These paintings generally represent Buddhist, Tibetan and Hindu Gods and deities such as Shakyamuni Buddha,Boddhisattwas, Avalokiteshvara, Mandalas, Exotic pictures and more. Thankas are treated as objects of worship and are displayed in festivals, hung in the altars of shrines, monasteries and private homes as religious teaching materials and decoration.
The Thankas depicted the different the different manifestations of various deities including Buddha and its compassion, Dhyani Buddhas, Manjushree, Kuber, Taras, Riduk (Wheel of life), Medicine Buddha, Chenrezig, Lokeshwara, KalChakra Mandala, Amitayu,Wrathful deities thangka, peaceful deities thangka and with its consorts etc. made on cotton canvas with various colors prepared from natural fibre, stone color, flower extracts, gold powder & paint in cotton canvas.
In this section, we offer you and present wide collection of small thangka paintings of various peaceful adn wrathful deities and tibetan lineages and guru in figure and more for online shopping & sales directly from artisans.