Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturmukha (Four-Faced)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 3314575)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma and Buddhist
Material Black Background on Cotton
Collection Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Chaturmukha Mahakala according to the Tradition Terdag Lingpa Gyurme Dorje.

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