Rahula Thangka Painting
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Description
Thangkas are traditional Tibetan paintings used to facilitate meditation practice. Representing Rahula, this paintings commonly serve as visuals for audio Tibetan Buddhist instructions. They are often found hanging at shrines and homes, and considered sacred artifacts in monasteries.
The terrifying Nyingma protector deity Rahula is wrathful, with nine heads, and a huge face on its belly. The image of this Buddhist guardian is probably a Tibetan design. As a guardian of the "revealed treasure teachings (Terma)," Rahula rose to prominence in the early traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (Nyingma). His bottom body is a coiled snake spirit in Buddhist representations, while his upper body has four limbs, nine heads, and a thousand eyes. One sizable angry face can be seen in the center of the stomach. The belly, or stomach, has a face.
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.
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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.