Vajrakilaya Masterpiece Thangka
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Tibetan Thangka painting depicting Vajrakilaya is perfect for various home décor ideas! This 100% hand-drawn Thangka painting made in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal can be decorated as an elegant and eccentric wall hanging in your home or office being a centrepiece of attention. It can also be placed on your family altar for meditation purposes as well as spiritual and emotional healing, attracting benevolent energy of the Tibetan Buddhist art.
- Masterpiece Thangka Painting
- Dimensions: 88 x 63 cm
- Materials: 24 Carat Gold; Precious & Semi-Precious Natural Minerals mixed with Hide Glue
- Canvas: Organic Cotton
- Origin: Nepal
- Hand Painted In Nepal
Vajrakilaya or Vajrakila Heruka – blood drinker – is one of the most important deity of both Nyingma and Gelug lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Considered the wrathful and active manifestation of the eight Herukas pronouncement, Vajrakilaya is a meditational deities with the power to transcend violence and overcome obstacles.
The hands near the heart hold a three faced peg called “kila”. Both right hands hold a gold vajra while one of the left hands hold a trident decorated with streamers and fire flames between the fingers of the other left hand.
The most distinctive characteristic of Vajrakilaya are two large feathered wings.
Diptachakra (meaning flaming Wheel) holds a “kapala”, a skull cup full of blood in the left hand and her left leg is raised to embrace the consort.
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Vajrakilaya Masterpiece Thangka
ADD A TRADITIONAL HAND EMBROIDERY SILK BROCADE
Want to add a Brocade to your beautiful Thangka Painting? Traditional Style Brocade has been one of the most popular form of mounting as it has a greater religious merit.
THANGKA, A SACRED ART
Tibetan Thangka paintings, also known as the “Art of Enlightenment”, are sacred pieces of art that are rich in symbolism. They are important supports that are revered for meditation and visualization.
The Tibetan thangka meaning goes deeper than just sacred art and conveys reverence. An art form is genuinely sacred when it awakens a direct experience deeper than our ordinary selves and the material world in the mind.
We are proud to offer our customers only the best selection of Tibetan art. All our paintings go through a rigorous screening process in our studio and are guaranteed to be origianl and authentic.
100% COTTON CANVAS & NATURAL MINERALS
Preparing the Cotton canvas before starting to paint a Thangka. This process includes washing, drying, stretching, sizing and everything needed to make a perfect base for the thangka to last for centuries.
Thangka paintings are painted using natural minerals such as agate, gold, silver, cinnabar, saffron, ocher, rhubarb,lapis and many other minerals. To create the ideal pigment for painting, these materials are ground several times. This makes the materials even more durable and long-lasting. Thus, you can surely expect the color of the Thangka to withstand the test of time.
The gold in the ornaments and detailing is made from real gold dust.