Hand Made boutiques Beautiful Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Ghau Prayer Box Silver Pendant

Ghau /Pendant / Prayer Box

Ghau is a small prayerbox worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines where prayers and sacredrelics are kept and used during their travel to hold their sacred deity inside.Now, Ghau or Prayer Box pendants are often used as jewelry or personal adornment.They are used to carry prayers or prayer concerns or photos, poems, smallitems, or memories. Ghau pendants can carry your prayers near to your heartthroughout the day. They are jewelry that has a history. The Ghau opens to aconcealed inner space, and is traditionally used by Tibetan Buddhists to hold apicture of their favorite deity or Lama, a folded-up scroll of sacred mantras,special herbs or sacred relics. The Ghau is used as an amulet to help thewearer to ward off negative energy and attract blessings. A Ghau are also usedas a portable shrine and are worn on a cord around the neck and hung close tothe heart.

These Ghau is mostlymade of silver; however, the artisans also use copper, brass, gold and othermetals. Ghau often have intricate designs of deity, auspicious symbols andmantras inscribed on their outer and inner surface Ghau is often decorated by semi-preciousgemstones which have various healing effects on the wearer. Turquoise,considered by many as a master healing stone, Lapis Lazuli and Coral areespecially popular in Ghau or Prayer Box design for their beauty and healingproperties. Other gemstones used by the craftsman include: amber, carnelian,amethyst, malachite, onyx and topaz.

Aboutthis Ritual item

This beautiful Ghau orPrayer Box is made of Silver with Gold Plating and has intricate carvingsdecorated with Turquoise, Coral and other semi-precious stones. This beautifulGhau or Prayer Box is hand made by the master artisans of Patan, Nepal who havebeen in the business from generations.