The word tangka (or thangka) derives from Tibetan words meaning “rolled-up flat painting” or “written record.” Since their original creation more than three centuries ago, the 79 Blue Beryl tangkas ...

While there, he heard about a Tibetan Buddhist organization looking for a Thangka artist. They hired him to teach, and he ...

Thangka is a unique form of painting in Tibetan culture, typically a religious scroll painting mounted on colored silk and hung for worship. Thangkas cover many subjects, including Tibetan history ...