Panden Lhamo: Glorious Goddess: Remati

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Palden Lhamo or Panden Lhamo (“Glorious Goddess”) or Remati are all forms of Shri Devi a category of female tantric Buddhist deity who appears in dozens of different forms. She usually appears as a wrathful deity with a primary role as a Dharmapala. She is specifically a Wisdom Protector, an enlightened being.
Palden Lhamo is one of three Dharmapalas of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism alongside Mahakala and Yamantaka She is the wrathful deity considered to be the principal protectress of Tibet.
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Palden Lhamo, Tawang Monastery.


Offerings to the Goddess Palden Lhamo, Tibet. Distemper on cloth, 67 x 44 1/8 in. (170.2 x 112 cm). 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. The exceptional scale and complexity of the composition relate the painting to the offering-scene murals known as “sets of ornaments” (Tibetan: Rgyan Tshogs) that adorn the interiors of shrines dedicated to the Dharmapalas. At the center, the wrathful four-armed goddess Palden Lhamo, emaciated and fearful, is shown riding her mule.



Description: Line drawing of Palden Lhamo


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