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We have a large variety of shrine materials and essential ritual items. Simply visit the categories shown above to view items currently in our inventory. If you would like to know more about creating your own shrine or Tibetan altar please visit here.


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Genuine Human Skull Kapala
GENUINE HUMAN SKULL KAPALA with stand
Our Price: £895.00

An authentic human skull kapala that is a particularly powefrul piece in appearance and feel. It is a very clean skull cup that has been painted with a vegetable dye (probably beet powder) to make it suitable for ritual use. This is one of the deepest skulls we have aquired in recent years. It is robust and ready for a lifetime of practice.

Age: mid 20th century (recently sourced from a private Tibetan collection of ritual implements)
Origin: Tibet/ Himalayan
length 170 mm
width 135 mm
depth 70 mm

Comes complete with tripod stand.
Antique Nine Prong Vajra
ANTIQUE NINE PRONG VAJRA or DORJE
Our Price: £795.00

A great looking antique nine prong Vajra or Dorje with a wonderful vibrant patina. Vajras with nine prongs are particularly associated with the Nyingma lineage.  This piece remains robust and in wonderful condition for its age. There are two very minor niks on two of the prongs (see photos). It is incredibly difficult to source genuine antique ritual vajras, so this is a good opportunity to own an authentic piece.

Condition: Very Good
18th century
bronze/copper allloy
approx 5 inches (130 mm)
Origin: Tibet
ANTIQUE VAJRA
ANTIQUE VAJRA or DORJE
Our Price: £500.00

A great looking antique nine prong Vajra or Dorje with a wonderful vibrant patina. Vajras with nine prongs are particularly associated with the Nyingma lineage.  

Condition: Very Good
17th/18th century
bronze/copper allloy
approx 5 inches
Origin: Tibet
Himalayan Crystal Piṇḍapāta
Himalayan Crystal Piṇḍapāta
Our Price: £395.00

A large pure quartz crystal piṇḍapāta. The alms bowl is often associated with the historical Buddha and can also be viewed as a symbol of nonattachment. The Piṇḍapāta can also be kept on your shrine and used to make special offerings.

"According to one legend, when the Buddha began meditating beneath the Bodhi Tree, a young woman offered him a golden bowl filled with rice, thinking he was the divinity of the tree. He divided the rice into 49 portions, one for each day until he would be enlightened, and threw the precious bowl into the river."

Hand crafted in Nepal.
Height approx 3.5 inches
Diameter at widest point approx 5.2 inches

Himalayan crystal contains natural inclusions and imperfections which are inherent in the material.
Hand Carved Chank Shell
LARGE CARVED INDIAN CONCH or CHANK SHELL
Our Price: £395.00

A stunning shell that has been masterfully carved with the Windhorse and the hybrid Garuda and Snow Lion. Various auspicious symbols and lotus petals also make up the scene. A perfect offering for your shrine or altar. It also plays beautifully with a very resonant sound.

Length approx - 7 inches x 4 inches
Origin: India
HIMALAYAN CRYSTAL SKULL KAPALA
FINE HAND CRAFTED HIMALAYAN CRYSTAL SKULL KAPALA
Our Price: £395.00

A fine quality hand carved crystal skull kapala with smiling skulls at the front. If used for regular practice, crystal is considered to be very hygienic and is easily cleaned. Crystal also carries its own unique energy that many practitioners prefer as an alternative to human bone or metal.

length 5 inches
width 3.5 inches
depth 2 inches

Each piece is individually hand carved. Crystal displays natural inclusions.
Stand is not included.
CRYSTAL VAJRA
LARGE HIMALAYAN CRYSTAL VAJRA
Our Price: £350.00

A large fine quality hand carved Himalayan quartz vajra. Designed to be placed on your altar or shrine. The five pronged vajra symbolises the five wisdoms of the five Buddha families. It is the quintessential symbol of Vajrayana Buddhism. A powerful piece!

Length approx 7.7 inches
Width approx 50 mm
hand crafted in Nepal.
DECORATED CONCH SHELL OFFERING
RARE DECORATED CRYSTAL CONCH SHELL OFFERING
Our Price: £350.00

Conch or chank shells are often used to represent an offering of music on a traditional Tibetan shrine. This particular one off piece has been hand crafted from Himalayan crystal and then finished with fine silver work and inlaid with genuine coral and turquoise. This is the finest piece of its kind that we have ever offered.

Himalayan Crystal & Silver
length 4 inches
width 2inches
Hand crafted in Nepal
SILVER PHURBA with painted face.
SILVER PHURBA with painted face and Iron Stand
Our Price: £345.00

A small but beautiful hand carved silver phurba. The face has also been painted in the same style as a traditional rupa. This is a one off piece. Comes complete with iron phurba stand.

Phurba: Pure Silver
Stand: Iron
Sourced in Nepal
79 mm x 13 mm
LARGE SILVER PLATED BUTTERLAMP
LARGE HAND HAMMERED SILVER PLATED BUTTERLAMP - 8 inches
Our Price: £325.00

A superb hand hammered copper butterlamp that has been fire gilded with silver. This is a heavy piece that has been nicely engraved with decoration on the outside and also on the inside of the rim. A piece of this quality can take the maker up to 2 weeks to complete from start to finish.

Silver on Copper.
Height approx - 8 inches
Hand crafted in Nepal.