DIP Projects
Art, Identity, and Enterprise: Commercialisation of Thangka Art in Dharamshala, Himachal Pardesh
Year
2026-27
City
Dharamshala
State
Himachal Pradesh
Region
North India
Theme
Art and Craft
Thangka painting, an ancient sacred art of Tibetan Buddhism, has for over a thousand years served as a meditation tool, teaching diagram, and object of devotion. In McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, where the Tibetan exile community settled after 1959, thangkas now hold a precarious position For the Tibetan artisan community, preserving thangka is inseparable from asserting that their culture has not been erased
Faculty Mentor
Group Members
Panav Rathod (Group Representative), Akash Swamy (Co GR), Adaa Chowdhury, Arav Neil Dey, Sri Kommanapalli, Dia Sheth, Esha Arun, Kashvi Saharan, Nand Parikh, Navya Shree Vardan, Nupur Jain, Shivani Gokhale, Sneh Kunwar Deora, Sourajeet Das
