In China, Kuan Yin is the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion and is also the Protectress of Children. In India, she is represented as a male deity known as Avalokitesvara, “The One Who Hearts the Cries of the World.”

In this figure she is standing on a double lotus pedestal. The Lotus represents purity, perfection, divine birth and spiritual fruitfulness.

With her left hand she pours from a vase which contains the nectar of her compassion. Her right hand is held in the mudra of security or consolation.