Thangka Paintings or Tibetan Sacred Art Paintings is old and is said to have been practiced from as early as third century B. C. in Tibet and Nepal. Thanka 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. Thanka or Thangka in Tibetan are paraphernalia of Buddhist and Hindus experience god jotting them down in form of art in the cotton canvas. These tanka paintings generally represent Buddhist, Tibetan and Hindu Gods and deities such as Buddha Life, Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara, Mandalas, Wheel of Life, 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 Paintings are depicted with different manifestations of various deities mainly buddhist deity like Shakyamuni Buddha, Buddha Life Illustrations, 5 Dhyani Buddhas, Bodhisattva, Medical Thangka, Lokeshvara, Mandala, Both Wrathful and Peaceful deities of dharma protector, lokpalas, dikpalas, dakini, supreme tantric deity, tibetan guru or rinpoche,lineage sect tree, karmapa and tibetan lineages thanka of kagyupa, gelugpa, sakyapa and nyingmapa sect and more exclusively painted on cotton canvas using various colors prepared from natural fibre, stone color, flower extracts, gold powder & paintings etc.
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