06 Sep 2019
This links to the British Museum Series with a podcast, image and transcript. This statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara combines the spiritual and the sensual.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/AWpz4HaxR6GZe–IcHq6bA
Who is she and what does she represent? Based upon the description and personal reactions, what types of feelings does the statue invoke?
This particular statue was preserved in southern India. There are many representations of the Goddess Tara. How is this one different from other parts of the Indian subcontinent?
Do you find any commonalities between Tara and femine or mother goddess archetypes of other cultures we have studied?