Thangkas

Thangkas are traditional painted tapastries or a  cloth fabric scrolls from the Ladakh region,designed as aids in meditation,painted on cotton or linen,they usually contain images of deities and religious figures and often are representations of spiritual or historical events.As is true with Mandalas both making a Thangka and gazing at one are regarded  as forms of meditation,the idea is to lose oneself in Thangka not express it,Traditionally,they  were never bought or sold.