Art and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya

Art and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya / Melissa R. Kerin.

Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist communit...

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Main Author: Kerin, Melissa R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Contemporary Indian studies.
Subjects:
Gyapagpa Lhakhang (Nako, India)
1500-1599
Buddhist mural painting and decoration > India > Nako > 16th century.
Buddhist art and symbolism > India > Nako.
ʼBri-gung-pa (Sect) > India > Nako.
ART > Techniques > Painting.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Tibetan.
ʼBri-gung-pa (Sect)
Buddhist art and symbolism
Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Civilization
Nako (India) > Civilization.
Kinnaur (India) > Civilization.
India > Kinnaur
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Table of Contents:
  • Nako's sociopolitical history and artistic heritage
  • Forgetting to remember: Gyapagpa Temple's shifting identity
  • Mapping Drigung activity at Nako and in the western Himalaya
  • Gyapagpa's temple painting style and its antecedents
  • Origin and meaning of a revival painting tradition.

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