Product Code: NBB01

Bajra Barahi: The boar-faced goddess who protects Newari (Nepalese) temples and buildings, Varahi or Barahi, refers to any of 4 sow deities who preside over Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

Price: US$ 725

Size/Measurements: Length: 28” Breadth: 22.5”

Origin: Nepal

Materials: Gold, Cotton and Paints.

Description:
The boar-faced goddess who protects Newari (Nepalese) temples and buildings, Varahi or Barahi, refers to any of 4 sow deities who preside over Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. They guard the gates of the city-as-mandala.Tibetan Buddhist deity, Vajra Yogini, is also known in the form of Vajravarahi the Adamantine Sow (Tibetan: Dorje Phagmo, pron. pah-mo.) In that special form, a small sow's head embellishes the right side of her human head.

Vajravarahi is considered the consort of Maha- or Chakra-samvara (Tib. Demchok) who "tears asunder the elephant-hide of ignorance," and 4 of his 16 arms embrace her. Their palace is said to be atop Mount Kailash. The mountain is his symbol; the lake Manasarowar below it is hers. Together they symbolize the union of method and wisdom; some would say, compassion and wisdom.

There is more to the symbolism of the animal-head that crowns Dorje Phagmo. Besides the usual totemic and generative aspects associated with the sow, the throat and head evokes the characteristic ear-splitting cry of the pig. The shrieking squeal of the sow reminds us that Dorje Phagmo is a presence that can shatter illusion, obliterating all concepts and enabling us to realize the ro-chig or One Taste of Emptiness- as- Form-as-Emptiness (as proclaimed by the Heart Sutra .)

Painted: This wonderful high quality Bajra Barahi Thangka Painting is painted by the experienced artists of Nepal who have been in this business for generations.

Note: Please note that the actual colors of this Green Tara Thangka Painting may vary due to differences in monitor color depth and make. The color shown is as close as possible to the actual colors of the Thangka Painting. The shape of this Thangka Painting may not look perfect rectangle in the picture but in real; the inner dimension of every Thankga Painting is perfectly rectangle since they are precisely measured while painting.