Simhanada Lokeshvara Thangka | Buddhist Handpainted Art | Religious Wall Decors
Original Hand Painted Simhanada Lokeshvara Thangka About Our Thangka : This is a newari style thangka of Lokeshvara, appears as one of the hundred-and-eight different manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of great compassion, in the Newar Buddhist tradition. Introdcution To Simhanada Lokeshvara : Simhanada Lokeshvara is peaceful, youthful and ruby-red in colour with two eyes and two arms, and sits in the posture of royal-ease upon his golden lion vehicle. Lokeshvara's lion crouches upon a white moon-disc and a lotus that is supported by leaves and buds. The stem of this lotus arises from the waves of a dark lake.Lokeshvara's fierce lion is adorned with a crowning jewel, anklets, a collar of little round bells, and a silk saddle-blanket. With his head turned back towards Lokeshvara the lion gazes forward. Half of his long black hair is bound up into a jewel-crowned topknot, while the other half hangs freely about his shoulders and back. His left hand resting at the level of