Subject : White Mahakala Painting: #875 Size : 28 by 21 inches Purchased : Kathmandu Price : $160.00         Mahakala is one of the Eight Terrible Deities of the Buddhist pantheon. He is shown white, with ornaments of a Dharmapala. He has a third eye, his eye brows and hair are flames and he wears a crown with five skulls for jewels. He has six arms and each hand holds a Tantric implement. He is shown trampling the Hindu god Ganesh. As a Defender of the Faith he is often placed near the door at a Buddhist Shrine.