Collection: Buy Hand Painted White Tara Thangka Paintings

Who buys a White Tara thangka, and why

• A milestone birthday or an elder. White Tara is the deity of long life, so her thangka is a traditional gift for a parent’s or grandparent’s birthday, a retirement or a blessing for a long life. Tell us the occasion and we’ll suggest a size and a brocade mount.
• A healing or quiet space. A calm, white-and-blue painting suits a bedroom, a meditation corner, a caregiver’s room or a space for quiet time. A thangka supports reflection and practice. It is a symbol of care and a source of comfort, and it does not treat illness or replace medical care.
• Someone who is going through a hard time. She is the gentle, maternal face of compassion, so many people give her thangka as a sign of support.
• A new mother or a new home. A thangka with a nurturing, welcoming feeling.
• Practitioners who work with White Tara and the long-life practices, and want a proper image for their altar.
• Collectors who like a luminous, delicate palette with gold.

See our guide to thangka art as a gift for spiritual milestones. White Tara is not only for women. Her image is universal, and anyone who values a nurturing presence can keep one.

Choose your White Tara by how the painting looks

• The classic seven-eyed White Tara on a lotus: a serene figure with eyes on her forehead, palms and soles, a halo and an utpala lotus at her shoulder. Choose it for a first Tara, a gift or a home altar. Several of our paintings are in this style, with gold detailing.
• White Tara in a Himalayan landscape: mountains, clouds and a calm sky behind her, which adds depth and a peaceful feeling. Choose it for a living room or a study.
• White Tara with auspicious symbols or clouds: a more celestial, decorative composition.
• White Tara with the Five Dhyani Buddhas: a fuller, more traditional painting with the five wisdom Buddhas around her. Choose it for a shrine room or a collection. Read about the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

Look closely at each painting in the grid above and choose the one that feels right when you look at it.

Choose by budget

• From about $130 to $200, a first White Tara or a gift: the 15" x 19" and 18" x 25" paintings, and the seven-eyed Taras at the lower end. Compact enough for a shelf or a bedside altar, and painted with the same care as the large ones.
• About $200 to $300, a statement piece: the traditional and gold-detail paintings, with more presence on a wall.
• About $490 and above, the centerpiece: the White Tara with the Five Dhyani Buddhas. Message us and we’ll send close-up photos before you decide.

Prices on this page change with sales, so check the current price on each product. Use the price and size filters above to narrow the list. Tell us your budget and where it will hang, and we’ll point you to the right painting.

What to look for in a White Tara painting

• A white body: the color of purity and of gentle, healing compassion.
• Seven eyes: two eyes, a third eye on the forehead, and an eye on each palm and each sole. They stand for awakened awareness, seeing the suffering of all beings and responding with swift compassion.
• The utpala lotus beside her shoulder: purity and the unfolding of timeless wisdom.
• A seated lotus posture: she is shown in a calm, meditative pose.
• A soft palette of white, blue and pale gold, with 24k gold detailing, and flowing robes and jewels.
• A peaceful setting: landscape, clouds or auspicious symbols.

She is known as the “Wish-Fulfilling Wheel” (Yishin Khorlo). Details vary between paintings and traditions. If your practice follows a specific form, tell us and we’ll paint it accordingly.

White Tara, Green Tara or the other long life deities?

• White Tara: long life, healing and maternal compassion. Choose her for a calm, nurturing presence and for gifts.
• Green Tara: swift, active compassion and protection. Choose her for courage and help with obstacles. See our Green Tara thangkas.
• Amitayus: the red Buddha of Infinite Life. See our Amitayus thangkas.
• Namgyalma: the three-faced deity of purification and long life. See our Namgyalma thangkas.

These three, White Tara, Amitayus and Namgyalma, are known together as the three deities of long life. For a full comparison of the two Taras, read our guide to Green Tara and White Tara.

Buy with confidence

• Painted by hand, never printed, by experienced artists using stone colors, natural pigments and genuine 24k gold on fine cotton canvas. Meet our artists, or see how a thangka is made.
• Blessed by a monk before it leaves our gallery.
• A real gallery and a real address: our gallery is at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, and we have been operating since 1976. Read our story.
• Ask us anything before you buy. Message us on WhatsApp, and we’ll answer questions, send close-up photos and recommend a size.
• Shipped worldwide with tracking and insurance, rolled and wrapped in protective silk. See our shipping policy.
• Clear policies. Read our refund policy before you order.
• Easy to verify. Our guide to authentic vs replica thangkas shows how to tell an original from a print.

Can’t find the right one?

We paint to order. Tell us the composition, the size and the mounting you want, and we’ll paint it for you. A silk brocade mount gives the traditional border and makes a gift ready to display, and why brocade matters in a thangka explains the tradition. Start through our commission page, or message us on WhatsApp. For general advice, read how to choose the right Buddhist thangka, or try our Pick Your Thangka guide.

Displaying your thangka

Hang it at or above eye level on a clean, quiet wall or altar, never on the floor, and keep it away from bright sunlight, humidity and dust. Our Buddhist altar setup guide shows how to arrange the space.

Explore more

Browse all of our Bodhisattva thangkas, including Avalokiteshvara and Chenrezig and Manjushri. For the Buddhas, see our Buddha thangka paintings, and for the protectors and deities, our Buddhist deity thangkas.