What is a Thangka painting? The Tibetan word Thangka means an unfolding painting, where the word Thang stands for an unfolding scroll & Ka means a painting. Thangka paintings, as a whole, are a visual representation of Buddhist deities, scenes, or mandalas, painted on silk or cotton canvas. Thangka Paintings follow a generic principle of composition, design, & iconography. It is made following tradition & guidelines while leaving spaces for personal creativity & expression. in Buddhist culture, Thangka Paintings hold high religious values. in a way, it is also a tool that facilitates the realization of one’s true nature or the nature of reality in Ritual Thangka, we provide a collection of a variety of Thangka paintings. Every one of our paintings has been hand-picked by our curators. We take great care in scrutinizing all aspects, from the quality of the thangka cloth to its composition, so that you get only the finest quality paintings. Original Hand painted fine Quality Kalachakra Mandala the Palace of Purity with 24k gold work Dragon Border is a very uncommon feature of this thangka. Kalachakra Mandala is one of the most complicated forms of Tibetan mandalas which is used as a device for meditation & which is worshipped for the betterment of all the sentient beings.It also represents the cosmos system which consists of the five major elements of life. Namely - Fire , Earth , Water , Air & Space . It is reported that in the year after Buddha Shakyamuni attained Enlightenment,he was asked by King Chandrabhadra of Shambhala to teach the Kalachakra Tantra.The Buddha manifested himself in the form of the Kalachakra meditational deity & gave the full teachings & initiation of this tantra.The kalachakra teaching was then transmitted through a lineage of seven kings & 25 propagators. Kalachakra mandala is the “Palace of Purity"with more than seven hundred deities residing inside ,represented by various signs & symbols .The entrances of the palace nearest to the centre are said to be cittacakra(mind-wheels),and the middle entrances are said to be vakcakra(voice-wheels).Outside the gates of vakcakra are figures of various animals,including a corpse,and marigold-like lotus flower.They include a deer,buffalo,ram peacock,elephant,mongoose ,bull,makara,mouse,and the Garuda.They are the vehicles of various divinities of the Hindu pantheon. The outermost gates belong to the third circle called kayacakra(body-wheels).There are four gates & four chariots one at each gate.You can see boars drawing a chariot at the eastern gate,horses drawing the chariot at the southern gate,elephants at the western gate & lions drawing the chariot at the northern gate. Kalachakra Mandala is one of the most complicated forms of Tibetan mandalas which is used as a device for meditation & which is worshipped for the betterment of all the sentient beings. It also represents the cosmos system which consists of the five major elements of life. Namely - Fire, Earth, Water, Air &
