A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Pema Öbar [Early 20th century]

A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Pema Öbar པདྨ་འོད་འབར (Wylie Padma ’od ’bar) or Kheu Pema Öbar ཁྱེའུ་པདྨ་འོད་འབར་ (Wylie Khye’u Padma ’od ’bar). Size including the cloth surround 159 x 82.5 cm. Image (melong) size 83 x 56 cm. Age 80-100 years. Finely detailed and in good condition overall with some paint loss due to creasing. Central figure of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) . Creation dates: Early 20th Century. Custodial history: An object donated to Dolma Ling nunnery by Buchen Gyurme. It probably belonged to one of three Lama Manipa who had fled from Tibet and who continued to perform within the exile Tibetan communities in India and Nepal. These manipa were Buchen Gyurme (Wylie ’Gyur med), Buchen Norgye (Wylie Nor rgyas), and Buchen Passang (Wylie Pa sangs) . This thangka was photographed by Zsóka Gelle (2000, presumably in Kollegal) for her Essay Masters of the Mani Mantra in the volume Demons and Protectors. Folk Religion in Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism. It clearly was in the possession of Buchen Norgye at that time. Interestingly, though, it is the same thangka that appears in a photograph of Buchen Passang, the father of Tsering Dolma, taken by Barbara Nimri Aziz at the Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu in 1982. It seems clear that these narrative paintings were shared amongst the small community of exiled storytellers. The painting was probably brought to India from Tibet. Extent and format of original material: One narrative scroll painting / thangka. Owner(s) of original material: Dolma Ling Nunnery.