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Brocade is a textile that is attached around the thangka, usually made of silk with two narrow bands of red and yellow along with the principle dominant colour rectangular in shape. The first two narrow bands red and yellow are the representation of the rainbow colours to show that this is an auspicious painting. It […]

Patan is one of the major cities in Kathmandu valley located in Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city. The place is popularly known for its rich cultural heritages, arts, crafts, traditions, feasts and festivals. Patan is filled with Buddha statues, wood carvings, temples, historical architectures build by the different era Kings and Buddha stupas. The city is also the birthplace of two

Thangkas are religious scroll paintings painted in cotton canvas of Tibetan origin. These kind of paintings were also painted in the walls of the Monastery which were classified as Mural Paintings. Thangkas were used to be placed in household shrines.Thangkas were commissioned for many purposes—as aids to meditation, as requests for long life, as tokens