Palden Lhamo Sacred Copper Statue: Fierce Protector of the Dharma
This Palden Lhamo sacred statue, handcrafted from copper and silver-plated, stands 32 cm (12.6”) tall on a 27.5 cm (10.8”) base and weighs 4.55 kg. Emerging with fierce grace, it embodies unwavering protection, with intricate acrylic paintings and gemstones enhancing its powerful presence. This meticulously crafted piece radiates a potent aura, making it a striking addition to any sacred space or meditation area.
Palden Lhamo, the fierce protector deity, commands attention astride her midnight steed—a symbol of unstoppable momentum and divine authority. Adorned with a crown of five skulls representing mastery over ignorance, attachment, anger, pride, and jealousy, she embodies wrathful compassion in its most potent form. Her three penetrating eyes pierce through time itself, witnessing past, present, and future simultaneously. In her hands rest sacred implements: the khatvanga staff crowned with a vajra symbolizing indestructible spiritual power, and a kapala skull cup transforming suffering into enlightened wisdom. Her mount, bedecked with skulls including her son's visage, gallops through a blazing aureole of spiritual fire that incinerates all obstacles and negativities. Flanked by two fierce attendants against a dramatic mountain backdrop, this copper sculpture captures her dual nature—a wrathful guardian whose fierce protection springs from boundless compassion, eternally vigilant over those walking the sacred path.
Size: 12.6”/32cm (Height) x 10.8”/27.5cm (Base)
Weight: 4.55 kg
Material: Acrylic Paintings, Copper Body, Gemstones, Silver Plating
Palden Lhamo is one of the ten Protectors of Tibet and the sole female Dharma Protector in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Often depicted riding a mule through a sea of blood, she is a wrathful manifestation of Saraswati, tasked with safeguarding the Dalai Lamas and the sacred teachings from harm and obstruction.