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52" x 36" Superfine Goddess Green Tara - Tibetan Buddhist | Handmade

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Name: 52" x 36" Superfine Goddess Green Tara - Tibetan Buddhist | Handmade
Brand: Exotic India
SKU: PAA348
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Here you would see the depiction of green Tara in dark theme, thangka. Green Tara might be considered one of the earliest feminists in Buddhism. As she did not conform to the gender binary.

Artist has given more importance to green and blue colours that beautifully encapsulates the beauty of green Tara. With the colour of her skin and the grandeur of her jewellery, she is illustrated as a remarkably gorgeous human being in visual art. The goddess's thin, long-proportioned torso is depicted in a dusky azure blue hue, which contrasts well with the psychic caliginous colours. The painting method is exceedingly polished, the colourant is flat and thin, and there is just a slight emphasis on the linear outline. The innovative merging of the traditional iconographical setting with the colour scheme brilliantly captures the mysterious and intriguing aspect of Green Tara in the medium of painting.

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Item Code:	PAA348
Specifications:	TIBETAN THANGKA PAINTING
Dimensions	SIZE OF PAINTED SURFACE 20 INCH X 25 INCH SIZE WITH BROCADE 36 INCH X 52 INCH

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Born from the compassionate tear of Avalokiteshvara. She is represented here sitting on lotus eight peattled lotus flower. Traditionally she is visualised here as a young girl, having a mischievous and playful nature. The full-blown sixteen lotus promises relief from pain at all hours of the day and night. tara's right hand is extended in a limitless gesture of offering, of bestowing sublime realisations. This is referred to as varada mudra. In each palm, green Tara holds the stem of an utpala flower. Her left-hand holds a lotus, which represents purity and power. The thangka of Green Tara would fuel you with compassion. As she is the embodiment of true love and kindness.

Unveiling the Divine Art: Journey into the Making of Thangkas

A Thangka is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting that usually depicts a Buddhist Deity (Buddha or Bodhisattva), a scene, or a mandala. These paintings are considered important paraphernalia in Buddhist rituals. They are used to teach the life of the Buddha, various lamas, and Bodhisattvas to the monastic students, and are also useful in visualizing the deity while meditating. One of the most important subjects of thangkas is the Bhavacakra (the wheel of life) which depicts the Art of Enlightenment. It is believed that Thangka paintings were developed over the centuries from the murals, of which only a few can be seen in the Ajanta caves in India and the Mogao caves in Gansu Province, Tibet. Thangkas are painted on cotton or silk applique and are usually small in size. The artist of these paintings is highly trained and has a proper understanding of Buddhist philosophy, knowledge, and background to create a realistic and bona fide painting.

The process of making a thangka begins with stitching a loosely woven cotton fabric onto a wooden frame. Traditionally, the canvas was prepared by coating it with gesso, chalk, and base pigment.

After this, the outline of the form of the deity is sketched with a pencil or charcoal onto the canvas using iconographic grids. The drawing process is followed in accordance with strict guidelines laid out in Buddhist scriptures. The systematic grid helps the artist to make a geometrical and professional painting. When the drawing of the figures is finalized and adjusted, it is then outlined with black ink.

Earlier, a special paint of different colors was made by mixing powdered forms of organic (vegetable) and mineral pigments in a water-soluble adhesive. Nowadays, artists use acrylic paints instead. The colors are now applied to the sketch using the wet and dry brush techniques. One of the characteristic features of a thangka is the use of vibrant colors such as red, blue, black, green, yellow, etc.

In the final step, pure gold is coated over some parts of the thangka to increase its beauty. Due to this beautification, thangkas are much more expensive and also stand out from other ordinary paintings.

Thangka paintings are generally kept unrolled when not on display on the wall. They also come with a frame, a silken cover in front, and a textile backing to protect the painting from getting damaged. Because Thangkas are delicate in nature, they are recommended to be kept in places with no excess moisture and where there is not much exposure to sunlight. This makes them last a long time without their colors fading away. Painting a thangka is an elaborate and complex process and requires excellent skills. A skilled artist can take up to 6 months to complete a detailed thangka painting. In earlier times, thangka painters were lamas that spent many years on Buddhist studies before they painted.

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