User:Yogesh Khandke/sandbox Golden tara

Golden Tara is an about 18.6 kg figurine of a female deity. It was discovered on the banks of the Wawa River in Agusan which is near the town of Esperanza in the Philippines. The figurine wears an ornamental headdress and sits as if contemplating in a cross-leggged position. The figurine is considered either to be a Buddhist image belong to the Kingdom of Majapahit - 12th century CE or one belonging to the Mahayana Buddhism tradition or one of the Sri Vijay times, the 9 th century CE. It is also considered to be a Shaivaite deity. .

"The Field Museum is much more than a place to see exhibitions. It is also a world- renowned research institution. The Field Museum has global, active research programs in anthropology, botany, geology and zoology; and it support active conservation programs throughout the world, including the Philippines. The collections (nearly 25 million specimens) document the history of life and provide important clues about how different organisms adapted to environmental challenges. In the coming years, Field Museum will use these clues to help develop practical responses to modern day issues such as global warming, deforestation, and diminishing natural resources. The Museum is the house of the famous Golden Tara figurine, which was said to have been discovered in Southern Agusan, Mindanao in 1917 during the time when the Philippines was under US territory. Said figurine was brought to the US by General Leonard Wood and eventually donated to the Chicago Field Museum. The Golden Tara is a 10th century solid gold statue weighing four pounds is one of the most important and significantly archaeological discoveries in the Philippines in the 20th Century. In the Hindu-Tibetan religion, it is considered the “Goddess of Compassion”, while the word Tara means a “star” or “she who saves.” The Field Museum is also holding a vast of Philippine artifacts in its collection waiting to be displayed.[1]

[2] replica is in the national museum philippines

"In 1917 after a storm and flood, a 21-carat golden figurine of a female deity of Hindu was found by a Manobo woman on a muddy bank of Wawa River, a tributary of the large Agusan River". [3]