Himalayan Art Resources

Tibet: Jonang Monastery (Protector Chapel, 2nd Floor)

Jonang Monastery

This protector chapel was personally designed by Jonang Taranatha, the process of hiring the artists, many of whom were Newari, and selecting the deities is described in his biography. The iconography of the protectors can be found in Taranatha's Rinchen Jungne.

Protector Chapel, 2nd Floor. (Images, October 2019).