Araniko
Nepalese artist and architect (c. 1245 - c. 1306) · Artists · Lived 1244 to 1306 · aged 62
Aniko, Anige or Araniko was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal and the Yuan dynasty of China, and the artistic exchanges in these areas. He was born in Kathmandu Valley during the reign of Abhaya Malla. He is known for building the White Stupa at the Miaoying Temple in Beijing.
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Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, one of the five founders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, was appointed as a king of Tibet by the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (r. 1260-1294).
Portrait of young Kublai Khan by Anige (1245-1306), a Nepali artist in Kublai's court
The White Stupa in present-day Beijing
Portrait of Kublai Khan executed shortly after his death in February 1294 by Anige
Portrait of Kublai Khan's wife Chabi by Anige
Statue of Araniko at Nepal Bhasa Academy, KirtipurAbout this person
During the reign of Jayabhimadeva, he was sent on a project to build the Golden Stupa in Tibet, where he also initiated into monkhood. From Tibet, he was sent further to northern China to work in the court of the emperor Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty, where he brought the trans-Himalayan artistic tradition to China. Araniko led a team of 80 artists to Inner China and Tibet to make a number of pagoda-style structures. In his later life, he renounced monkhood and started a family.
