Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.18 - Thagyamin Nat 3-108_replicas_resources By offering corn

By offering corn

some kind of drum

Is it a poncho

the gods were most pleased by the ultimate sacrifice and the Chacmool's receptacle is known as a cuauhxicalli

Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.18 - Thagyamin Nat 3-108_replicas_resources By offering cornThis beautiful kalaga tapestry depicts Thagyamin, the highest ranking nat in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. A nat is a god like spirit believed to be either a human that was defied after death, or spirits of nature. This particular nat, Thagyamin, is considered as the King of Heaven, as well as the god of lightning, thunder and rain. He is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deities Indra. Here he is shown holding a yak tail fly whisk, known as