traditional temple Thangka painting.

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traditional temple Thangka painting. A "Thangka," also known as "Tangka", "Thanka" or "Tanka" (Pronunciation: [tʰɑːŋkɑː], the 'th' as an aspirated 't' of top and the 'a' as in the word father) (Tibetan: ཐང་ཀ་, Nepal Bhasa:पौभा) is a painted or embroidered Buddhist banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and occasionally carried by monks in ceremonial processions. In Tibetan the word thang means flat, and thus the Thangka is a kind of painting done on flat surface but which can be rolled up when not required for display, sometimes called a scroll-painting. The most common shape of a Thangka is the upright rectangular form.

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Size: 3340px × 5036px
Location: Labulengsi ,Xiahe,Gansu,Asia
Photo credit: © Yan Liao / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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