In the famous bustling bazaar in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region lies Bakuo Street, known to Tibetans as the "Holy Road," where visitors can see exquisite studios dedicated ...

Ten years ago, a 60-yearold Tibetan Thangka artist Shedar spent a whole year drawing a Tibetan Thangka painting "Yamantaka," a God of Tibetan Buddhism with blue skin and 34 arms. Now this traditional ...

Thangka paintings on display in the National Museum of China shed light on the traditional Tibetan medicine. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Eighty thangka paintings that illustrate the Four Medical ...

"I treat my students as my own children and teach them how to paint thangka for free, I think it' s my destiny to carry forward this Tibetan traditional art form," said Tibetan thangka painter Norbu ...

Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s art is a metaphor for spiritual awakening. Rinchen-Wongmo is a textile artist and caretaker of the sacred Tibetan Buddhist tradition of making thangkas or religious scroll ...

From peaceful deities such as the 1,000-armed Avalokiteshvara and Goddess Tara to gods at the wrathful end of the scale – Yama, the god of death often seen enshrouded in flames; war goddess Begtse – ...

And Studio has conceptualised and developed the Tibetan Thangka Art Museum in Lhasa, Tibet. The Tibetan Thangka Art Museum is located at the foot of the mountain, emphasising the dialogue between the ...

Karma Tensum, executive director of the Tibetan Children's Education Foundation in Helena, was instrumental in bringing the artists to Montana. Under the sponsorship of Tensum's foundation, the ...

A female painter graduated from a Thangka art school in southwest China's Sichuan province works on a Thangka painting. [Photo/Xinhua] The exhibition of Regong Thangka paintings made its debut at 798 ...