The designing and painting of arts of religious nature or scrolls are well known as Thangkas. These are treasure because of their great beauty, divine themes, colorful designs and portable size are already known all over the world. Painted on a specially treated piece of cotton cloth or canvas, the generally oblong piece is attached to a frame and kept taut during painting.

The painting on completion is placed in an attractive frame consisting of two strips of silk or brocade in different colors sewn round the painting. The whole piece is then surrounded by a broader piece of brocade, care being taken to see that the bottom portion is wider than the top and the sides are narrower still. At the bottom, another rectangular piece of bright silk or brocade is sewn on and this is known as the “door” of the Thangka. The Thangka is not merely the product of creative self-expression or the desire to depict beauty. It is primarily an object or worship, and in the centre of the painting a deity resides. To reach the deity there has to be a door, even as in a temple there has to be a door before one can approach the altar of the deity.

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