Green Tara / Five Color Oxidized Statue

Description

The Green Tara is regarded as spiritual consort of Amogasiddhi, the Dhyani Buddha. She is portrayed similar to that of the White Tara. One can find the difference only in her left hand which holds a half-closed lotus or water-lily flower with long petals which is often blue. In the Lamaeist Tradition, Tara is incarnated in all good women. She is also to have mortal base in historic persons of the Nepali and Chinese princess who married the great king Srang-Tsan Gampo and credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and China. She is worshipped, because she brings all good women. One of the main Tara in this group is Aryatara.

The Statue of Green Tara is made by the process of loss wax system. And the whole body of this statue has been gilded with Gold by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam Gold. This process of Gold gilding is known as Mercury Gold Gilding and the external parts have been painted by five oxidized colors.