A "Thangka," also known as "Tangka", "Thanka" or "Tanka" (Pronunciation: [tʰɑːŋkɑː,the 'th' as an aspirated 't' of top and the 'a' as in the word father) 's a painted or embroidered Buddhist banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and occasionally carried by monks in ceremonial processions. In Tibetan the word thang means flat, and thus the Thangka's a kind of painting done on flat surface but which can be rolled up when not required for display, so… (More on Thangka)