A thangka is a Tibetan painting that is traditionally used as a support for one’s meditation practice. The imagery depicted in Tibetan paintings provides a guide for the elaborate visualizations that one does in Tibetan Buddhist practice. In Tibetan homes and monasteries, thangkas are considered sacred objects and are often placed above shrines.
Chengresi is also a form of Bodhisattwa Avalokiteswara known as Six Syllable Lokeshwor also known as Chengreshi. The Six syllables are “OM MA NI PAD ME HUM” which is considered so efficacious that it has been carved on rock faces and constantly chanted by devotees. He is always decorated with all sorts of ornaments. He is white in colour, four armed carrying rosary in the right hand- and full-blown lotus in left. The other two principal hands are raised to the chest with the palms enjoined in Namaskar Mudra holding a round object known as “jewel” which is regarded as a symbol knowledge.
This is a very high-quality thangka painting from The Himalayas purely made by hand with natural stone color and pure gold.