❤This unique Pagoda,Buddhist Tower Pendant is made by Tibetan craftsmen in Hepo Township, Baiyu County. it's a old badge or amulet,made of thokcha,about 60 years old.
❤You can make it into a pendant, or a keychain, or just put it on your desk,as an ornament.
❤When you purchase this craft it helps and support the artisan and their families in Tibet. Your support is highly appreciated.
❤ABOUT Thokcha Thunder Iron Thokcha (Tibetan: ཐོག་ལྕགས, གནམ་ལྕགས) are tektites and meteorites which serve as amulets.Typically high in iron content, also called Thunder Iron,Cold Iron. Thogchags or Thokcha are worn as amulets by Tibetans, specifically people of the Himalayan regions. Created in several forms, they often depict tantric deities, sacred animals, auspicious symbols, and mantras. Many represent ritual supports such as a mirror, phurba, or vajra. Some pieces may be abstract in nature, and the meaning of the form has since been lost in antiquity. Other Thokcha were simply used as ancient arrow points, buckles, body armour, or even old horse trappings.
❤ABOUT STUPA A stupa (Sanskrit: स्तूप, lit. 'heap', IAST: stūpa) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.[1] A related architectural term is a chaitya , which is a prayer hall or temple containing a stupa. In Buddhism, circumambulation or pradakhshina has been an important ritual and devotional practice since the earliest times, and stupas always have a pradakhshina path around them.
