This 13″ Khadiravani Green Tara statue is fully fire gilded in 24K gold, handcrafted in Patan, Nepal by a master artisan of the Shakya caste using the traditional lost wax sculpting method. The Bodhisattva crown and jewels are hand-carved with fine precision. At the buyer’s request, the crown and jewels can be additionally embellished with turquoise and red coral stones at no extra charge before shipping. The face is hand-painted. Have questions? Read our Green Tara FAQ for answers about iconography, practice, and choosing a statue.
In the Five Dhyani Buddhas system — the framework of five cosmic Buddhas that organizes much of Vajrayana iconography and practice — the color green is associated with Amoghasiddhi Buddha, “He of Infallible Success,” whose specific function is the transformation of jealousy and envy into all-accomplishing wisdom. Green Tara is understood in many Tantric traditions as an emanation of Amoghasiddhi — which means her green color is not merely a signifier of speed and active compassion but also carries the deeper resonance of this transformative function: the capacity to transmute the affliction of jealousy — one of the most corrosive of the mental poisons — into the awareness that perceives the path of accomplishment clearly and without obstruction. Her pure land of Mt. Potala, described in Tara texts as a forest of flowering acacia trees, reflects this association: the green of her realm is the green of all-accomplishing wisdom made visible in nature.
Khadiravani Sculpture Features
Khadiravani — Tara of the Khadira Acacia Forest — is depicted in lalitasana posture, her right leg extended and left leg folded. Her right hand displays the Varada mudra — the gift-giving gesture — and both hands hold the stems of the utpala lotus flowers gently between index finger and thumb, the blossoms rising over each shoulder. The lotus growing from the muddy pond bottom to bloom in clear air is the central metaphor of the Buddhist path: the mind, however obscured by the conditions of samsara, possesses the same capacity for liberation that the lotus seed possesses for flowering — it requires only the right conditions and sustained practice to emerge.
Authentic, Handmade in Nepal
Every statue and ritual item is handcrafted in Patan, Nepal, using traditional lost wax casting and comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by Nepal's Department of Archaeology, verifying its materials, technique, and origin.
