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Guru Dragpo
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Guru Dragpo

Shabdrung (king) Ngawang Namgyel
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Shabdrung (king) Ngawang Namgyel

Tangka showing Shabdrung (king) Navang Namgyel.
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Tangka showing Shabdrung (king) Navang Namgyel.

Tangka showing Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje Chang) with his concert. The embrace symbolizes the union of highest compassion with highest wisdom, which leads to enlightment.
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Tangka showing Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje Chang) with his concert. The embrace...

The deity Tsheringma (tangka), seated on a white lion, is the senior of a group of Five Sisters who were mountain and local deities converted into protectors of Buddhism. On the top row sits Tshepame, deity of long life, with Guru Rinpoche and Milarepa.
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The deity Tsheringma (tangka), seated on a white lion, is the senior of a group...

Vajrapani - Emanation of Buddha Akshobya.
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Vajrapani - Emanation of Buddha Akshobya.

Offerings to terrifying deities.
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Offerings to terrifying deities.

Tangka: Guru Rinpoche,an Indian mystic who is reputed to have brought Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan in the 8th century CE.
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Tangka: Guru Rinpoche,an Indian mystic who is reputed to have brought...

Throne cover, probably royal provenance, in Bhutanese applique work. A phoenix in the central medallion is surrounded on either side by four kinnara, musicians part man, part bird, playing the cymbals. 130 x 130 cm
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Throne cover, probably royal provenance, in Bhutanese applique work. A phoenix...

Rectangular applique textile, called a thrikheb, that is "throne cover". The presence of the Wheel of Law symbolizing Buddhism indicates that textiles such as these are for the court or for high lamas. Wool, silk, cotton, 152 x 70 cm
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Rectangular applique textile, called a thrikheb, that is "throne cover". The p...

Gopaka, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddhas disciples to attain Buddhahood. The Mahayana tradition added two Buddhas later on.
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Gopaka, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddhas disciples to att...

Hvashang, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddha's disciples to attain Buddhahood. Hvashvang is surrounded by children here and often wrongly iden- tified as "the laughing Buddha".
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Hvashang, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddha's disciples to...