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The Chandra, God of the Moon Page, has been updated with additional images.

In Himalayan style art there are basically Eleven Types of Deity Appearance. The first five appearances are the same as those found in the Eleven Figurative Forms which describe all figurative forms - persons and deities. Those first five are the main types of deity appearance in Himalayan art and the most common. The additional six are minor forms of deity appearance and include (6) Universal Appearance, (7) Layered Appearance (Deities & Figures), (8) Stacked Appearance, (9) Ithyphallic Appearance, (10) Androgynous & Gender Reversed Appearance and (11) Weird Gods & Fantastical Appearance.

Layered Deities & Figures can be found in Hindu, Bon and Buddhist Iconography. Layering also occurs with yantras, depicting deities or letters, placed over the figures.

Stacked Deities are an unusual iconographic form where two or more deities are stacked one above the other. Often they are sitting around the neck of the deity below or standing on the shoulders. Stacked deities are found in both Hindu, Bon and Buddhist iconography.

The Green Tara Painting Set 1 has been updated with additional images.

A complete set of paintings depicting the Avadana Stories, in the Situ Panchen design style, has been added and linked to the Avadana (Situ Panchen) Main Page.

The Dorje Shugden Page has been updated with additional content, links and images. Also see the Controversial Art Main Page for more subjects.

The Terdag Lingpa Gyurme Dorje Page has been updated with additional images.

The Shristhikantha Lokeshvara Page has been updated with additional images.

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.