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| Thangka or tanka (in Tibetan: “something rolled up”) is A Traditional Hand Painted drawing on woven material, usually cotton. It is a three-dimensional object consisting of: a picture panel which is painted or embroidered, a textile mounting; and a silk cover, leather corners or wooden dowels at the top. Thangkas are composite objects produced by painters and tailors with differing intents, skills and training.
Thangkas are essentially aids for meditation. The traditional tankas will often represent the wheel of life and other Buddhist concepts.
Thangkas were important articles of the tent culture of nomadic monastic groups in medieval Tibet. It was not unusual for a group of scholars, yogins and priests to travel by yak to distant regions, set up tents, unroll the thangkas and serve the local people a guide for contemplative experience. For example, you might be instructed by your teacher to imagine yourself as a specific figure in a specific setting. You could use a thangka as a reference for the details of posture, attitude, colour, clothing. etc.
The Padmini tanka derives from the traditional Tibetan wall hanging on fabric, it is put together exclusively by a traditional Indian painter, specialized in the Indian deities and Indian heritage into a frame of silk and jacquard in a variety of pattern.
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