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Kathmandu Tantric Mandala — Cover

About Kathmandu Tantric Mandala

Kathmandu tantric mandala painting comes from the Newar paubha tradition of the Kathmandu Valley, where anonymous master-painters ground mineral pigments — cinnabar, gold leaf, and lapis lazuli — onto a dark indigo-black field. Every form is a deity-circle: a central bindu radiating outward through lotus rings, square toranas, and protective flame borders, lettered in Ranjana script.

This design system translates that sacred symmetry into a digital surface — matte mineral fills, hairline gold outlining, and strictly centred radial geometry that reads as a hand-laid stone-pigment cosmogram rather than a flat poster.

Learn more about the Kathmandu Tantric Mandala style

Origin
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Newar Buddhist/Hindu tantric milieu)
Era
pre-1900 (paubha cloth-painting tradition, centuries deep in the Kathmandu Valley)
Key figures
Anonymous Newar paubha master-painters · Chakrasamvara-mandala lineage workshops · Donor patrons
Movements
Newar art · Tantric / Vajrayana sacred geometry · Paubha & mandala painting · Ranjana / Newa calligraphy

Kathmandu Tantric Mandala design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

CinzelHeadings
Noto Serif DevanagariBody
Noto Sans NewaMono
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