Wrapped in a pleated dhoti and wearing a small headband with a figure of Avalokiteshvara, this White Tara is sparingly ornamented on her bared bosoms, with an archaic simplicity of an ascetic, her right hand is extended in wish granting gesture (Varada mudra), left hand raised in teaching gesture (Dhyana mudra ), and she is seated in a lotus posture, with remnant of saffron powder from past worships on a footed three tier rectangular throne. In addition to the Qianlong Emperor seal mark (1736-1795) embossed in the back, the various elements found in this Tara shrine confirmed the ultimate Buddhist influence of India in China.

There are twenty-one forms of Tara. The three most important forms are White Tara, Green Tara and Red Tara. Born from a compassionate tear of Avalokitesavara, she is a female Buddha and meditation deity, first introduced into Tibet in the seventh century, and became a Vajrayana deity with the Indian Buddhism into Tibet through Padmasambhava. The Sanskrit name of White Tara is Saraswati, and she is associated with Longevity.