Mural depicting blue-skinned wrathful deity and his consort locked in embrace; both wear skull crowns

Mural of Yamantaka, one of the Eight Sadhana Teaching Deities

Location
Assembly Hall, Nechung Monastery, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China)

Date
ca. 1900, restored ca. 1996

Material
materials unknown

Dimensions
height approx. 13 ft. (4 m)

Photo Credit
photograph by Christopher Bell, 2011

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