Tangka Paintings
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#17485
- Textile tangka
- Length: 28.50 inch
- Width: 20.0 inch
- Acquired: Nago Monastery, Kunawar, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Koelz number: K523
Description
Ngawang Namgyal. In this Bhutanese painting, the central figure is Shabdung Nagawang Namgyal. In the mid-sixteenth century, Gelugpa dominance in Tibet forced the Drugpa Sect of the Karmapa to find a new home in Bhutan. Ngawang Namgyal, a Drugpa monk from Ralung monastery, introduced Buddhism to Bhutan and became the first Shabdung and Dharma Raja of that country. He is seated on a lion throne and surrounded by important figures in the Drugpa lineage.