Tantrism in Nepal is very strong and popular. This mystic and esoteric ritual belief is associated with both Hinduism and Buddhism. In Buddhism, it was practiced by the Vajrayana sect-the vehicle of the thunderbolt. The cult made its way to Nepal from the Vajrayana centers in Bihar.

Tantrism is very much alive in Nepal, and a great deal of Nepalese art has been inspired by its teachings. It is not an open sect like other branches of Buddhism.

In Nepal, Tantrism, both Hindu and Buddhist, gained a strong hold and it is still a very A large proportion of both paintings and sculptures express Tantric thought, through many – armed and many – headed deities, symbolic manifestations of the Tarntric doctrine.

In critical times, the tantrics had tried to end the catastrophes like drought famine or the like for the general welfare by means of their mantra. The emergence of Matsyendranath is also attributed to drought. Hevajratantra contains the mantra of brining rain. Asokachalla, the Khas Malla King, believed in the popular belief that the cultivation and invocation of this tantra could help defeat the enemies.

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