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Torma of the Bon Purba System

Torma (Tibetan: tor ma. Sanskrit: ba lim ta): torma are cone shaped ritual food offerings, generally made from flour dough, sculpted into a variety of shapes and sizes, coloured and then adorned with flat circular 'buttons' made from butter.


Have a look at the process and finished product of this unique ritual art form practiced by Bon religious followers of Tibet and the Himalayan regions. "Preparing tormas for the end-of-year Phurpa rites, at Triten Norbutse Bon Monastery, Kathmandu."


Purba Drugse Chempa is one of the principal meditational deities of the Yungdrung Bon Religion. The standard form has three faces and six hands, wrathful in appearance, embracing a consort, and the lower body in the shape of a dagger-like peg.