Tibetan Buddhist art: Thangka in Tongren city

The city of Tongren (Repkong) we’ve been visiting is host to some of the best Thangka artists. A Thangka is a painted or embroidered Buddhist banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and occasionally carried by monks in ceremonial processions.

if you want to learn more about Thangka, visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thangka

I love this ‘dark’ one

Tibetan Buddhism art : Thangka

 

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