Karma Gar-ri Painting Tradition

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Tashi Gepel Monastery
- Namkha Tashi
--- Elders Set (below)
--- Karma Kagyu Lineage Set
- Confusions
- Others...

Videos:
- Paintings by Namkha Tashi, Part 1 [5 min.]
- Sixteen Elders [5.5 min.]

The images below are a partial set of paintings depicting the Sixteen Elders from the monastery of Tashi Gephel and believed to be painted by the 16th century artist Namkha Tashi and commissioned by the Fourth or Fifth Shamar Rinpoche.

HAR Team 7-2026

Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)
16 Elders: Ajita

Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)
16 Elders: Angaja

Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)
16 Elders: Bakula

Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)
16 Elders: Kalika

Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder)
(Patron) Hvashang

Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity)
Dhritarashtra (East)

Vaishravana (Buddhist Protector)
Guardian King

Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity)
Virupaksha (West)