Green Tara
- Inventory number:
- Ж-1375
- Author:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 19th century
- Place of Creation:
- Buryatia
- Provenance:
- Received from a private individual
- Technique:
- painting
- Size:
- 40 x 31 cm
- Material:
- canvas, mineral paint
- Type of object:
- Thangka
- Subject:
- Buddhism
Green Tara is one of the manifestations of the Bodhisattva Tara, from whom the other colored Taras are born. She is called the healer of diseases and suffering, purifying past karma. Buddhists turn to her in times of urgent need for physical or spiritual help.
