The art of Thangka Painting is very old and has been practived from the 3rd century BC in Tibet. The word "Thangka" is estimated to have derived from the Tibetan word "thang yig" meaning a written record. Thangkas are fine paintings that are made with great care and concentration all by hands. The tradition was not only inside Tibet and the Tibetan community it soon spread to those who adopted Tibetan Buddhism learned this wonderful art so Thakali, Sherpas, Tamangs, Yolmos, Manangeys and Newars started creating the beauty. According to religious culture, Thangka can be stored at room sanctifies worship with holy water mumbling mantras to animate Thangkas mystical power and puts kada or khata(two feet long silk cloth) on it. Since then, the devout use to divest its head before it at the time of worship especially in the morning. These paintings are generally colored part Buddhist and Hindu Gods, Goddess, meditating Buddha and its life cycle, Wheel of Life, Mandala, Bhairab, Tara, Exotic photos, etc.
As Thangka ritual paintings are most people have never considered the Thangkas as decorative object. But nowadays Thangkas are gaining popularity as a decorative element throughout the world. Usually painted on cotton cloth, more rarely on silk, colors are traditionally made from mineral and vegetable dyes, but now a day Tibetan artists also use modern synthetic dyes, silver and gold for better presentation.
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Medicine Buddha also known as Bhaishajyaguru. The Medicine Buddha is believed to be a transformation of Shakyamuni Buddha, who manifested himself as the Medicine Buddha in order to give the medicine teaching to the fourfold assembly of Hindu Gods, Sages, Bodhisattvas, Arhats and Adepts etc. On the other hand it is also said that Medicine Buddha had attained perfect enlightenment many eons previously. Medicine Buddha also Bhaishajyaguru vowed that his Buddha verse would be a world of healing, and that throughout Buddha verse, wherever beings suffer from sickness and injury, Medicine Buddha would eternally manifest to bring them his healing knowledge.
Medicine Buddha is depicted as his left hand, lying in his lap in ‘Meditation’ Mudra, which holds a bowl containing medicine nuts, while his right hand is in ‘Charity’ Mudra which holds the branch of the Myrobalan plant, a medicinal plant found in Nepal, India and other tropical countries. Medicine Buddha wears the monastic robe and is seated with the legs crossed. Medicine Buddha sits on a moon disk on lotus petals.
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