About Bamboo

The bamboos are evergreen perennial flowering plants. According to Chinese traditions, the significance of lucky bamboo is tied to how many stalks you have
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Jun
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Avalokiteśvara, Dharma, Hinduism
Narendra Deva along with the priest, Bandudatta and a local farmer, Lalit travelled all the way to Assam, to bring Lokeshwar to but since they faced a lot of "sankat" (dangers) along the way, the priest Bandudatta summoned Sankata, the "deity who removes dangers". In , stories about and have existed from the beginning of and they were an important part of everyday life. They elaborated everything from .
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Tibetan Furnitures – The Greatest Treasure of the Himalayas

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Sep
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Art, Design, Handicrafts
According to The Brief of , there was a record of engagement of to build the and in 6BC. Through thousands of years’ handworks of the people, Tibetan furniture has become a unique style, which bears artistic , rich colors, and delicate craft. Tibetan Furniture is one of the greatest treasure which dates 1500 years back. Tibetan Furniture is mostly made up of pine and softwoods i.e. Elm, .
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Symbols used in Tibetan Carpets and their Motifs

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Sep
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Carpets
making is one of the crafts. Those are traditionally made from Highland sheep’s wool called changpen. Tibetan carpets, on were first used for secular, utilitarian purposes, and therefore allowed for a greater range of artistic expression. For hundreds of years, Tibetans have used carpets for decorative and functional purposes, drawing upon geometric patterns, , real and mythical , and imagery to create beautiful, colorful designs and .
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Explaining Buddhist Elder Vanavasin

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Apr
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Art, Himalayan Art, Thangka
Vanavasin the Elder is the 3rd from the set of 16 great arhats. Vanavasin is also known as presides over the Seven Leaves Mountain with four hundred disciples. The life of the Vanavasin In this section, we are going to learn about the life of Vanavasin. And after, we will learn about the short etymological description of the word Vanavasin itself. Etymology of Vanavasin Vanavasin is known as Pag pa Ne ten, nag la Ne in . .
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The origin of the Graphic Arts of Buddhism

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Dec
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Art, Culture, Design, Dharma, Tibetan paintings
 is the artistic implementations  that are perused by  . It includes media which idolize  , , and other of remarkable figures, both and mythical. Buddhist art explains the scenes from  the lives of all of the  and other graphic that helps to practice as well as physical objects connected with Buddhist practice, such as , ,  and  . Buddhist art originated on the  following the historical life of , 6th to 5th century BCE, and .
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Types of Brushes used in Tibetan Art – Construction and its maintenance

13
Dec
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Art, Design, Dharma, Painters, Symbols, Tibetan paintings
The brushes () used by our main informants consisted of a brush tip of fine animal hairs attached to the pointed tip of a characteristic type of wooden handle. Brushes constructed in this manner contrast sharply with the Chinese style of paintbrush used throughout East . The latter was usually made by bundling the brush hairs together and inserting them as a plug into a hollow-ended handle. Although many were familiar with .
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The Preparation of the Thangka Painting Surface

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Nov
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Culture, Design, Dharma, Painters, Thangka
Steps for Preparing a Thanka The of pursued their in an orderly and systematic I way. When creating they proceeded through six clearly defined steps: The first step was the preparation of the . Second, came the establishment of a on that surface by means of a sketch or transfer. The third step involved laying down the initial coats of paint, and that was followed by .
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Different types of Himalayan handcrafted items

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Jan
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Art, Himalayas, Masks, Weaving
are the specialty of the people. They spend most of their day making different types of handcrafted products out of stone, , wools, and many more. Stone Crafts Stone Crafts in dates back to at least two thousand years. Different earpieces, armlets, bracelets, anklets, styles of halos, folds of garments, manners of the sash, and many others are the distinguishing features that classify the variety of found in stone sculptures.  .
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