Tara Yantra - High Quality Print of Artwork by Pieter Weltevrede - Home DecorTara is a form of Hindu Goddess Shakti, one of the ten Mahavidyas (Wisdom Goddesses). Her name means "the one who guides and protects", offering ultimate knowledge to lead humans toward salvation. She is also known as Bhav Tarini (the one who helps cross the ocean of material existence) and Bhaya Harini (the remover of fear). Tara is the Shakti of Shiva, who took the poison emerged from the Samudra Manthan (ocean churning) and kept it inside Shiva's