Original Hand-Painted Citipati Dancing Skeletons Happy Couple Tibetan Vajrayogini Tantra Thangka/Thanka Painting Black and Gold

Citipati -The Dancing Skeletons Hand-Painted Thangka

This is an original hand-painted CITIPAT, a happy dancing couple Tibetan Thangka painting in Black and Gold color. Citipati, a happy couple is also called the ‘Lord and Lady of the Charnel Grounds’ and they are the principal Dharma protectors that are associated with the tantric systems of Vajrayogini. Meditation practices on the charnel grounds were a common tantric practice with the Indian Mahasiddhas, especially connected to the Heruka Chakrasamvara/Yogini transmission lineage. These above-ground sites were places that were covered with human flesh, bones, and blood, where corpses were brought to be cremated -if one could afford the wood- but more often they were left to be ripped apart and eaten by wild animals, such as vultures. These frightening places were far from town where no one usually went, except for these yogis who came to contemplate and meditate on the impermanence of all phenomena.

These happy-looking skeletons are also a common feature at the Cham Lama dances that are held by the monasteries at certain Buddhist festivals. These events are livelily costumed and masked dances performed by monks and accompanied by music played on traditional Tibetan instruments.

• Size/ Dimensions: 24 x 34- Inch (61 x 86 cm) - excludes outer border
• Surface Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
• Paint Medium: Gold and Natural Colors
• Origin: Hand Painted In Nepal
• Unframed
• Quality: High Quality/ Master Quality

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