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A small selection of works from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Peterburg, Russia, have been added to the HAR database collection.

This set of Arhat paintings should number 23 in total, however the center piece with Shakyamuni Buddha and the two principal disciples is missing. The current composition contains the Sixteen Arhats, Two Attendants and Four Guardian Kings.

A selection of works from the Robert Ellsworth Collection have been added to the HAR database collection.

A set of two sculpture have been identified from a total set of unknown number.

A set of Mandalas of Yonghegong Temple have been added to the site. They primarily belong to the Gelug tradition and include some very interesting subjects.

The Offerings Main Page has been updated with additional images and content.

The Black Manjushri Main Page has been updated with additional images, links and explanation.

The Sidpaho Protective Charts Page has been updated with additional images.

The Amaravajra Devi Page has been updated with additional images.

The Pagpa Lokeshvara Page has been updated with additional images.

A gallery of Avalokiteshvara paintings by the artist Trehor Namkha Gyan has been added.

The Amoghapasha Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Tibetan Kings Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Vajra & Bell Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Kila (Peg) Main Page has been updated with additional images.

A set of small cards depicting early Kagyu teachers, in gold on a red background, has been added.

The Sixteen Elders (Arhats) Travelling to China has been updated with additional images.

The 7th Dalai Lama Secret Biography has been updated with additional images.

These two 13th century paintings are early examples of copying a composition. They are not facsimiles because they are not exactly the same in specific figural proportion and colour. They are however exact in the iconographic subject, number of figures and their arrangement and placement in the composition. Similar early copies can be seen with Taglung style paintings of early teachers such as Pagmodrubpa.

The Crowned Buddha Page has been updated with additional images.