Traditionally Handcarved Guru Dragpo Figurine | Nyingma Tradition Key Figurine
The Guru Dragpo statue portrays Guru Rinpoche's wrathful but loving essence. Standing 13.2" (33.5cm) tall with a base width of 9.4" (24cm) and weighing 3.26 kg, this statue is a beautiful work of Tibetan holy art that would look great on your Buddhist altar or spiritual place.
He wears a crown adorned with skulls and a garland of severed heads. In this wrathful meditational form, Guru Dragpo was an important protector deity of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. He stands before a flaming halo atop a male and female body. He wears a human skull and a snake as an ornament. His headpiece is carved from five skulls, and he is seen holding a vajra in his right hand and a scorpion in the other hand. The Sculpture is constructed on a copper body and plated with silver by a group of skilled master artists from Nepal.
Size: 13.2”/33.5cm (Height) x 9.4”/24cm (Base)
Weight: 3.26 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Gold & Acrylic Paintings, Copper Body
Guru Dragpo, originating in the 'Revealed Treasure' Tradition of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Guru Dragpo is that of an ishtadevata (meditational deity). In the Nyingma Tradition, following after the early meditational deities of the Guhyagarbha Tantra and Eight Heruka this practice of Guru Dragpo is possibly the most popular and the most represented in art.
