Kharachheri Statue / Full Body Colored Statue

Description

Kharachheri is also a form of Bodhisattva Avalokiteswara. He is also known as Six Syllabled Lokeswara. The Six Syllables are “OM MANI PADME HUM” which is considered so efficacious that it has been carved on rock faces and constantly chanted by devotees. He is always decked with all sorts of ornaments. He is white in color, four armed carrying rosary in the right hand and full blown lotus in left. The other two principal hands are raised to the chest with the palms enjoined in Namaskar mud ta with a round object known as “Jewel” which is regarded as a symbol of knowledge.

The Statue of Kharachheri 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 different colors for finishing.