Ancient Buddhist art - thangka (also known as thanka, or tanka) is a unique and deeply spiritual form of Asian art, spread in Northern India, Nepal, Tibet and some other areas. The word can be translated as “recorded message”. 

Traditionally, art of thangka had only been studied by men during their spiritual journey in Buddhist monastery, however, these days there are also female artists, who inherited skills and talent from their fathers. 

Thangka works depict great Buddhist teachers and deities surrounded by other important religious icons or those, intended for meditation, have a form of mandala or contain written mantra.

As a part of our women empowerment support program, we present you original thangka art work by female artist Niru, Nepalese Buddhist by origin. She resides very near to His Holiness the Dalai Lama residency in Indian Himalayas. Each piece is created in best thangka traditions right there, in mountain village, where air is vibrating from sacred chants from dawn to dusk.