Design Resource
A visit to Leh Ladakh
The Land of Passes
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Thangka and Devdis Painting
Thangkas’ or ‘Tankas’ are big scrolls of paintings depicting the life of Buddha, various influential Lamas and other deities of ‘Bodhisattva’. Typically, Thangka painting are made on cotton clothes surrounded by a silk frame. Paintings created on the wall are called Devdis paintings. The structure of the painting is same in Thangka and Devdis, however thangka is created on cotton cloth while Devdis is created on walls.
