Thangkas – Dharma Documentaries

Wang Erchuan, Thangka Collector

A collector’s love of thangka painting, and his efforts to promote and preserve it.

Hand woven silk and other materials and applied to a canvas, thangkas, or items of clothing

An excellent introduction to Mongolian thangka painting, its history and characteristics.

A journey through Sikkim in the 1990s and a look at its thangka painting tradition.

The preservation of priceless thangkas and bronzes in a monastery in Ladakh.

A look at efforts to preserve the traditional art of Tibetan storytelling.

A look at Nepalese Buddhism, its history and the importance of Lokesvara worship in the country.

A look at some of the best loved and most visited sites in Tibet

Prof. Andrew Quintman shows us through some of the best thangka paintings held at Yale, and explains their iconography and significance.

A short film about the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala and their efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and arts.