Heruka Thangka

 Heruka Thangka is a powerful, hand-painted sacred artwork meticulously crafted by skilled Himalayan artisans from Nepal, using organic cotton canvas. The artist has use deep black background, symbolizing the vast emptiness and infinite space of the awakened mind. The golden fire elements surrounding the figures are meticulously detailed, radiating power, purification, and transformation. These flames are not destructive but rather symbolic of burning away ignorance, ego, and obstacles on the path to enlightenment. The artist has brilliantly captured the fierce expression of Heruka eyes blazing with awareness, mouth open in a wrathful roar conveying unstoppable force used in service of spiritual awakening.

The Heruka Thangka represents one of the most revered wrathful deities in Vajrayana Buddhism, known for embodying the fierce aspect of enlightenment that removes obstacles, transforms ignorance, and protects the practitioner. Heruka, often visualized in union with his consort, symbolizes the inseparable nature of wisdom (female) and method or compassion (male) required for ultimate realization. Heruka's multiple hands hold symbolic tantric implements, including a vajra, bell, skull cup, and curved knife, representing the destruction of ego and obstacles on the path to enlightenment. Flames of wisdom surround his body, and he stands atop a lotus and sun disc throne, crushing negative forces beneath him. In this thangka the central deity is surrounded in the four corners by four additional Heruka-consort pairs, each representing different aspects or emanations of the enlightened mind. These may correspond to the four directions, symbolizing the transformation of the four kleshas (mental afflictions) into the four wisdoms in tantric practice. According to Buddhist tantric traditions, meditating upon Heruka helps practitioners overcome inner fears, purify negative karma, and attain higher states of awareness. His wrathful form is not to instill fear but to cut through delusion with forceful compassion. 

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

• HAND PAINTED
• MATERIAL : COTTON CANVAS, 24K GOLD 
• DIMENSION : 137 cm x 113 cm