Over 200 years ago, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo instructed one of his attendants to go search for a

' Special' Tara statue.

When asked how he would know which one would be the special one, Khyentse Wangpo replied 'when it is the moment, you will just know'. The attendant looked through many Tara statues and did not find any special ones. However, just as he was about to give up, one statue spoke and said 'I am the one you are supposed to get'. The statue was taken back to Dzongsar Monastery and is said to have spoken to both Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. She is regarded as one of the protectors of Dzongsar, having saved the monastery many times in the past. She is affectionately known as the 'Tara who spoke'.

Namo Ara Tara Kheno