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HIMALAYAN ART MUSEUM
Master Locho and Dr. Sarika Singh co- founded the “Center for Living Buddhist Art”, situated in Dharamsala in Northern India. The center, which includes an art school, art studio and a museum, is meant to connect us to the rich cultural heritage of India especially the Himalayan region and the state of Himachal Pradesh.
The Himalayan Art Museum connects us to the rich cultural heritage of India and Tibet. The museum aims to generate awareness about the Buddhist art through contemporary quality thangka works based on the tradition carried forward by Indian and Tibetan masters. This museum is a window to the 2,300 years old journey of the tradition of Buddhist paintings and the evolution of art through ages and geographies. The museum exhibits the finest master pieces created by Master Locho and Dr. Sarika Singh.
Aiming to introduce the onlookers to the highest quality of artistic expressions in Buddhist thangka paintings possible in the 21st century and to depict the 2300 years journey of Buddhist paintings to the world under one roof. Our travels abroad as well as our visit to the museums, inspired us to create and collect our masterpiece paintings and display this journey and our rich cultural heritage under one roof. The Museum of Himalayan Arts, completed in 2020, is envisioned to connect us to the rich cultural heritage of India especially the Himalayan region and the state of Himachal Pradesh. The ‘Museum of Himalayan Arts’ aims to generate awareness about the Buddhist Art through contemporary quality thangka works based on the tradition carried forward by Indian and Tibetan masters. The Center is a window to the 2,300 years old journey of the tradition of Buddhist paintings and the evolution of art through ages and geographies. The Museum of Himalayan Arts exhibits masterpiece Buddhist paintings created by both Master Locho and myself, depicting the 2300 years journey of Buddhist paintings. Currently there are 40 masterpiece paintings displayed at the Museum of Himalayan Arts. It has taken more than twenty years to create these paintings. Some paintings have taken four to seven years to complete. The museum depicts the journey that Buddhist paintings have made from India to Tibet and from Tibet back to India through Goddess Green Tara. Through masterpiece paintings of Green Tara, requiring years of intense research and artistic expressions. In the masterpiece paintings, Goddess Green Tara can be seen depicting stylistic evolution from Ajanta caves in Maharashtra, Tabo Monastery in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, from Alchi monastery in Ladakh, from Tibet and the Indian mainland in Dharamsala. Goddess Green Tara can also be seen painted in pure gold and pure silver apart from many forms. Other paintings exhibited in the Museum are Buddha Sakyamuni with Maitreya and Manjushree, Sitatapatra with 1000 hands, 1000 heads and 1000 feet, Avalokitesvara with 1000 arms in pure gold, Saraswati, Medicine Buddha Mandala, Amitabha Buddha, Sri Devi, Avalokitesvara Mandala amongst many others. The materials, tools and colours are also exhibited at the museum. Digital visual images run through the screen showcasing the steps in the creation of each paintings as well as the meticulous details of each painting, that we can easily miss while viewing at the paintings. The museum, in the spiritual context, is visiting the transcendental space, the celestial space of the enlightened beings- the deities; the journey from the mundane to the heavenly. Anyone coming in proximity to these paintings feels elevated! The size of the paintings vary from four feet to 11 feet high.
The Museum has a small shop where you can find authentic reproduction high quality archival prints made available for sale. Timings and other details as follows:
Museum Hours: Open everyday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
E-mail museumofhimalayanarts@gmail.com
Website www.livingbuddhistart.com
Address:
Ward No-14, MC Dharamsala.
Village: Kandi, P.O.: Khaniyara
Tehsil: Dharmsala District: Kangra,
Himachal Pradesh -INDIA- 176218