
Norbulingka Anniversary - Blog Series
Norbulingka has turned twenty five. It is actually more than that, as the anniversary marks its inauguration, the beginning of its life as an Insti...
Read moreBuray in Tibetan means insect cloth. Known as endi in India, this rugged, off white fabric is made from the pierced cocoon of the Attacus Ricini mo...
Read moreTibetan culture and society is rooted in pastoralism. The population outside cities is mostly nomadic, though many are both nomads and farmers, and...
Read morePEMBA DORJE (1930-2011) Norbulingka Institute was founded to help revive Tibetan artistic tradition and artisan-ship. We were fortunate to have wi...
Read moreIn Tibet, religious objects were commissioned by patrons, individual artists, or guilds, as existed in Lhasa. All orders were custom made and patro...
Read moreNorbulingka creates the contemporary from the traditional, playfully integrating the visuals of a treasured stone, the dZi,into traditional door cu...
Read moreThirty years ago, Norbulingka marked its beginnings, with our first trainees decorating the newly erected buildings under Master Thangka painter Te...
Read morePlease Support Norbulingka Institute during Covid-19. Norbulingka Institute is a non-profit organization, chaired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama un...
Read moreAppliqué is a special type of embroidery which makes use of many individual pieces to form an intricate patchwork design. Used mostly in Tibet for ...
Read moreIn Tibet, painting was both a sacred art used in the creation of thangkas and also a decorative one, used to ornament furniture and the walls of ho...
Read moreThangka appliqué is a technique of creating thangkas using not paint, but precious silk. Just like thangka paintings, thangka applique is a sacred ...
Read moreFind the luxury of Buray Silk woven at Norbulingka Institute: a texture that merges the warmth of wool and the softness of silk! This rugged wild s...
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