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Immerse yourself in the sacred and artistic world of Tibetan art during the Vesak celebrations.
The Nepalese Thangka exhibitors are here again with many and more wonderful pieces of very beautiful and intricate Thangka Paintings by the Lamas and Newari painters from the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. They are renowned for their fine paintings for many centuries.
Thangka paintings on display include pieces by various Master painters like Som Bahadur Lama, Sunu Lama, Sagar Lama and Bikash Lama, to name a few. The gallery of paintings includes Sakyamuni Buddha, Guru Padmasambhava aka Guru Rinpoche, Vajrasattva, 1000 Arms & 4 Arms Avaloketishvara (Cherenzi), Medicine Buddha, Zhambala (for wealth), Green Tara & 21 Taras, Amitabha/Amitayus, The Wheel of Life, Mandalas, wrathful deities Mahakala, Yamantaka, Vajrakilaya, and many more.
Thangkas are Tibetan Paintings used for spiritual practices or displayed as art. As an object of devotion, and a source of blessings, Thangkas usually portray the Buddha, Bodhisattva, Meditational Deity, Great Teachers and Mandalas.
ThThangkas can be purchased at the exhibition and part of the sales proceeds goes to the Buddhist Library Building Fund.
FROM TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010 to SUNDAY,30 MAY 2010
EXHIBITION TIME
12:00pm – 9:00pm from Tuesday to Saturday
10:00am – 9:00pm on Sunday
No Exhibition On Monday and No sale on Vesak Day
VENUE
THE BUDDHIST LIBRARY
Art Gallery – Ground Floor
No 2 Lorong 24A Geylang Road
Singapore 398526