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A gallery for the indigenous Tibetan god Chingkarwa has been added. Genyen Chingkarwa is almost exclusively found depicted in Gelug tradition paintings.

The Lha Chenpo Main Page has been updated with additional images and links.

The practice of Lha Chenpo (Mahadeva), in this and similar forms, is a Revealed Treasure teaching (Tibetan: Terma) unique to the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It was especially popularized through the Mindrolling tradition of the Nyingma. Sometimes Lha Chenpo can be found as a minor figure in paintings of Jinasagara Lokeshvara. There are a number of different forms of Lha Chenpo relating to the 'Terma' tradition plus other unrelated forms of Shiva found in the various levels of Tantra and other Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

A gallery for the mountain god Machen Pomra of the Bon religion has been added.

The Six 'Tsen' Protectors have been upgraded to the Nine 'Tsen' Protectors with the addition of several more. The Buddhist and Bon 'Tsen' have now been divided into separate lists.

The Pehar Gyalpo Main Page has been updated with additional images and links.

A gallery for Pehar Gyalpo has been added to the Masterworks Main Page.

Is it possible that the famous and well published woven textile image of Arya Achala of the Sakya Tradition, housed in the Potala Palace, is the same Miyowa textile of Phagpa Rinpoche discussed below?

"The general treasurer of Zhalu made arrangements for performing the auspice ceremony of longevity for me with gifts that included the woven image of Miyowa, which was once the spiritual relic of Phagpa Rinpoche." (The passage was written in 1662. The Illusive Play, the Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Chapter 38, page 479-480. Translated by Samten G. Karmay. Serindia Publications, 2014).

A gallery has been added for Palpung Style Paintings of Wrathful Deities.

A gallery has been added for Palpung Style Paintings of Peaceful and Semi-peaceful Deities.

A gallery has been added for Palpung Style Paintings of teachers and siddhas.

The Gyantse Style Scroll Paintings Page (Chi'u Gangpa) has been updated.

A gallery has been added for Khyenri Style Paintings of Wrathful Deities.

A gallery has been added for Khyenri Style Paintings of Peaceful and Semi-peaceful Deities.

A gallery has been added for Khyenri Style Paintings of teachers and siddhas.

The gallery page for Avalokita in the Shristhikantha form has been updated with additional images.

The Chengde Painting Style Page has been updated with additional images and links.

The gallery containing the Chinese Himalayan art styles of Beijing, Chengde and Yonghegong have been updated with additional images and links.

Two paintings (from a set of unknown number) belonging to the Dzongpa Tradition of the Sakya Lamdre system of practice have been paired and placed in their own gallery. The set appears to depict the principal teachers of the Lamdre lineage along with a mandala of Hevajra.

A page for the Guge Kingdom Painting Style of West Tibet (Ngari) has been added. A link to this page can also be found on the Terminology & Classification of Painting Style Names Page.

Palpung Monastery has its own unique style of painting yet still maintains a tradition of painting the Karma Kagyu Sertreng Lineage in the original Karma Gadri style. A link to this page can also be found on the Terminology & Classification of Painting Style Names Page.