Offerings to the Goddess Palden Lhamo, late 16th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth, 67 x 44 1/8 in. (170.2 x 112 cm), Paintings, Palden Lhamo is the principal protectress of Tibet and the only female of the Eight Guardians of the dharma. This black-ground (Tibetan: nag thang) painting was installed in the chapel (gonkhang) dedicated to the wrathful protective deities (dharmapalas), a room reserved for tantric initiation rites within a Tibetan monastery
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