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A short essay on the Narrative & Myth of Begtse Chen, a Buddhist protector deity, has been added.

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

A gallery page for a Dalai Lama Incarnation Painting Set has been added. This set is quite unique because each composition depicts the life story of each central incarnation figure.

The Rahula Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Katog Situ Chokyi Gyatso Page has been updated with additional images.

The Gelug Field of Accumulation Page has been updated with additional images.

The Avadana Painting Set (Situ Panchen Design) Page has been updated with additional links and images.

A gallery page listing Numbers of Figures & Composition Types for Margapala painting sets has been added.

A gallery page for a Sakya Margapala Painting Set, with two central figures, has been added. Currently there are four compositions published with several more from the set known to exist in private collections.

A gallery page highlighting the figure of Shri Hevajra Painted in Khyenri Style has been added.

A gallery page highlighting Strings of Miniature Paintings (Banners) has been added and linked to the Miniature Paintings Page.

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

The Dalai Lama Incarnation Lineage Painting Set (Nartang) Page has been updated with additional images.

A gallery page highlighting Miniature Paintings in Himalayan Art has been added along with explanations, examples and links.

It is often said, but rarely practiced, that Bon depictions of the meditation gesture place the left hand over the right while the Buddhists always have the right hand on top of the left. This gallery offers several examples of the meditation gesture with the left hand over the right.

A gallery page for Kunzang Akor Sculpture with the right hand raised has been added.

A gallery page for early Panjarnata Mahakala Paintings has been added.

A gallery page for early Tsongkapa Paintings has been added.

A gallery page for a red ground painting set of the Atisha Life Story has been added.

A gallery page for Vairochana-like Buddha Appearance has been added along with a list of buddhas and image examples.