Lokeshwor Tibetan Gold Thangka Painting 50cm W x 73cm H Hand Paint Nepal

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Lokeshwor Tibetan Gold Thangka Painting 50cm W x 73cm H Hand Paint Nepal
Thangka is a Buddhist religion painting literally painted on cotton or silk. Thangka is an art of representing and visualizing of deities. On, this thangka the White Tara is painted by an experienced artist which in this field from generations. Artist have used poster color with gold on canvas. Thangka measures 50 cm of width and 73 cm of height. The thangka is beautiful to hang on the walls of home, offices and other. Thangkas are especially used for mediation. But, nowadays thangkas are also used for decoration and worshiping to.
A thangka is a painting on cotton or silk, usually pictures of Buddhist deity, nature and mandala. The popularity of the thangka is getting higher because of Buddha teachings as well Tibetan and Nepalese devotion for art itself. Generally, thangkas last for a very long time and retain much of their lusture, but because of their delicate nature. Thangkas have developed in the northern Himalayan regions among the lama's. History of thangka began in the 11th century when Buddhist and Hindus began to make illustration of their deities.
Sahastrabhuja Avalokiteswara is cosmic form of Avalokiteswara. He is represented with eleven heads and one thousand arms. The basic image is of the eleven headed and eight armed Lokeswara. The eight arms of Sahasrabhuja  Avalokiteswara has more prominent position and other remaining one are distributed on either side to form a mandala. These arms are sometimes marked with eyes. The eleventh head at the top is that of his parent Tathagata, Amitabha. The tenth head is terrifying and all others are placid. The principal pair of hands is held against the chest in the gesture of adoration while the uppermost hands hold the rosary and the full blown lotus. These four hands thus represent the aspect of the Bodhisatwa known as Khacheri. The other four hands display the jewel and the gesture of charity on the right and the pot and the bow and arrow on the left.