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In general,
Thanka is a classical art based on god goddess. But
in real sense, centuries before, Thankas were painted
to worship as it contains god and goddess of one’s
faith. Such Thankas were popular basically among the
Bajrayana, Mahayana and Heenyana groups of Buddhism.
Thankas were also painted in the name of dead relatives
for the eternal peace of their souls. Many people get
Thank painted as the genealogy of their ancestors so
that their coming generation could understand their
past generation. Some put Thanka in their personal treasure
to maintain secrecy, to concentrate their mind during
meditation, and to make their thanks long lasting, as
it becomes safe when kept in treasure. Thankas kept
in treasure becomes safe as only limited people are
allowed to enter there. In those days, when money was
not in use, Thank painters/artists used to get food-stuffs,
clothing and other daily necessities item in exchange
of the thanks, as their remuneration/cost. Till seventeeth
century, Thanks were painted with natural stone colour,
vegetable colour, flower colour etc. and the they used
cotton for painting. After evolution of chemical colours
and othe artificial colours, and also due to easy and
cheap availability of such colours, people started to
use such colours, which are not natural. In those days,
artists used meditations, and also prayed before starting
painting for their full concentration In the same tradition,
some get constructed statues of gods and goddesses based
on their culture and faith. Some people who believe
on relegation and culture get constructed public shelters
and sheds, bihar- a statue at the centre of public space
surrounded by public shelters and sheds; leaving sufficient
open space around the central statue and inside the
surrounded shelter; such Bihars were used as class rooms
for delivering religious lectures. In those days, Thanka
paintings were practiced in Nepal and India. But later,
such paintings could not be prospered in India where
as; Nepal, basically the Kathmandu basin made pretty
progess in Thanks painting. Bhrikuti, the daughter of
King Ansubarma,( rule from 605 to 621 A.D. in Nepal)
who married the Shrang Chang Gampo, The king of Tibet,
carried Thanks painting as wedding gift from Nepal and
publicized it in Tibet. Thus the root of Tibetan Thanka
also belongs to Nepal and Nepalese culture, mainly based
on Buddhism, the resource person of this religion was
Lord Buddha, who was born in 563 B.C in Lumnini, a southern
district of Nepal.
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