Art, Identity, and Enterprise: Commercialisation of Thangka Art in Dharamshala, Himachal Pardesh, AY 2025-26
Scope and Contents
Thangka painting, an ancient sacred art of Tibetan Buddhism, has for over a thousand years served as a meditation tool, teaching diagram, and object of devotion. In McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, where the Tibetan exile community settled after 1959, thangkas now hold a precarious position For the Tibetan artisan community, preserving thangka is inseparable from asserting that their culture has not been erased
Dates
- Creation: AY 2025-26
Full Extent
4 digital object(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Undetermined
Physical Description
genreform: Photograph, Documentary, Presentation, Report
Faculty Mentor
Sougato Das
Student Researchers
Panav Rathod (Group Representative), Akash Swamy (Co GR), Adaa Chowdhury, Arav Neil Dey, Sri Kommanapalli, Dia Sheth, Esha Arun, Kashvi Saharan, Nand Parikh, Navya Shree Vardan, Nupur Jain, Shivani Gokhale, Sneh Kunwar Deora, Sourajeet Das
Repository Details
Part of the FLUA Repository