It features 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities, whom Tibetan Buddhist adherents are said to visualize as emanations of their own "Buddha-nature." Visualization practice helps devotees master feelings ...

Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 2, 2025 at 10:45 JST ...

Monks belonging to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism walk with ceremonial drums in a procession at the Palpung Sherabling monastery near Baijnath, India, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

A statue of Mahakala, a wrathful Buddhist deity, is wheeled out as monks belonging to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism perform a ritual dance called Cham at the Palpung Sherabling ...

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful ...

AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India The Associated Press March 1, 2025, 4:42 AM ...

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. The cham dance is performed in this ...