Tara was venerated in both Buddhist and Hindu beliefs as the goddess of mercy and compassion, and one who represented both the spiritual and sensual aspects of life.

This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using CineStill 800T film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.