Antique Vajrakilaya Thangka Painting
Couldn't load pickup availability
Description
This antique Thangka is an artistic representation of the Vajrakilaya deity popular in the Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism. Worshipping Vajrakilaya is believed to clear obstacles, purify spiritual energies and convert negative influences to positive ones.
Vajrakilaya of Tibetan Buddhist iconography is pictured with a blue hue, armed with a vajra (thunderbolt) and a phurba (ritual dagger). His fierce, wrathful image reflects his capacity to vanquish impediments, negative energy, and detrimental forces. Vajrapani is a powerful bodhisattva seen in Tibetan Buddhism, depicted with a fierce expression to demonstrate the force necessary to transcend obstacles and delusion in the pursuit of enlightenment.
Antique Vajrakilaya Thangka Painting boast a wealth of historical, artistic, and religious value, making them highly valued by art connoisseurs, collectors, and those in Tibetan Buddhism. In many cases, these works have endured for decades or centuries, passed down through family, safeguarded by monasteries, or uncovered at historical religious sites.
Product Specification:
- Hand Painted
- Materials: Semi-Precious Natural Minerals
- Base: Cotton Canvas
- Origination: Nepal
Hand Embroidery Brocade
Want to add a Brocade to your beautiful Thangka Painting? Traditional Style Brocade has been one of the most popular form of mounting as it has a greater religious merit.
Note: Make sure you have added the Thangka to your cart first.
100% Cotton Canvas
Preparing the Cotton canvas before starting to paint a Thangka. This process includes washing, drying, stretching, sizing and everything needed to make a perfect base for the thangka to last for centuries.
Natural Minerals
Thangka Paintings are painted using the natural minerals. These are firstly grind into the powder form and then used in the thangka as a paint.