Vajravarahi Thangka

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Vajrayogini is the queen of Dakinis the female Tantric deities or “sky dancers”.
She is the supreme teacher of the Anuttarayoga Tantra, the Yoga practice that allow those who are plagued by strong desires and attachment, to attain enlightenment.
Vajrayogini is the main dakini of the Tantra of Chakrasamvara known also as “Heruka” and the most relevant tantric goddess of all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

Vajrayogini is very popular in Nepal especially among Newari in our region, in fact one of the most famous temple dedicated to this important daikini is in Sankhu a village near Changu Narayan where is located our thangka painting school.

Vajrayogini is represented in many different forms each having a unique name and appearance. In this thangka she is depicted in the form of Vajravarahi.
Vajravarahi is the most important Tantric female deities and she appears as a beautiful young woman with three eyes and the traditional aspects of a dakini, half peaceful and half wrathful. She stands in a dancing pose holing a “driguk” (a vajra-handled knife) in her right hand and a kapala (skull cup) filled with blood in her left hand.
Other common manifestations of Vajrayogini in traditional thangka art are: the Naropa form, the blood drinker called Naro Khacho, Chinnamasta the severed head form, Krodha Kali, the black form and Dechen Gyalmo the manifestation that assume a standing pose similar to queen Maya devi, the mother of Buddha.
Each form of Vajrayogini has a peculiar spiritual significance and she can be surrounded by several deities or portrayed alone.

Because of the different manifestations of this deity, thangka painting designs can vary both in size and price.

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