What could be loosely translated as ‘Flat Painting’, Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist banner that can be either painted or embroidered. It was created originally for religious purpose but has being treated as a decorative or art object by many in the West.
In Tibetan Thangka Paintings Ashley Rawlings describes his visit to the shop ‘Tibet Thangka Art’ run by a husband (tibetan) and wife (chinese) team in Lhasa and explains in detail the origins and techniques of Thangka.
The photo I chose to illustrate this topic is named Chenrezig and was taken by Ze1.
I will let you decide where it belongs.