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Picnic Tents

Picnic Tents

Tibetan culture and society is rooted in pastoralism. The population outside cities is mostly nomadic, though many are both nomads and farmers, and...

Master Sculptor

PEMBA DORJE (1930-2011) Norbulingka Institute was founded to help revive Tibetan artistic tradition and artisanship. We were fortunate to have wit...

Treasures of Norbulingka

In Tibet, religious objects were commissioned by patrons, individual artists, or guilds, as existed in Lhasa. All orders were custom made and patro...

Traditional Concepts in New Settings

Norbulingka creates the contemporary from the traditional, playfully integrating the visuals of a treasured stone, the dZi,into traditional door cu...

The Norbulingka Family

Thirty years ago, Norbulingka marked its beginnings, with our first trainees decorating the newly erected buildings under Master Thangka painter Te...

Support Norbulingka

Please Support Norbulingka Institute during Covid-19. Norbulingka Institute is a non-profit organization, chaired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama un...

Medicine Buddha, Sangye Menlha, Bhaisajyaguru

When Norbulingka was formally inaugurated in 1995, we had already been painting thangkas for six years. We hired our Master Painter, Temba Chophel,...

Norbulingka Temple: Deden Tsuglagkhang, Seat of Happiness

The visual focal point and spiritual center of Norbulingka Institute is the Deden Tsuglagkhang temple. The temple is a magnificent example of Tibe...

Norbulingka Grounds and Gardens

From the moment you step inside the gates of Norbulingka, it is as if you are transported to a different world. Gurgling streams run through immac...

Norbulingka Crèche and Preschool

Norbulingka Creche and Preschool provides free care and education to the children of Norbulingka employees.This relieves a huge burden from parents...

Buray Silk: The Ultimate Luxury

Find the luxury of Buray Silk woven at Norbulingka Institute: a texture that merges the warmth of wool and the softness of silk! This rugged wild s...

Appliquéd Thangka

Thangka appliqué is a technique of creating thangkas using not paint, but precious silk. Just like thangka paintings, thangka applique is a sacred ...

His Holiness Biography Etchings

Some years ago, Norbulingka created a project to depict the life of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in a series of etchings based on photographs f...