Tsha Tsha, a Tibetan transliteration of Sanskrit word, is the clay votive tablets in Tibetan Buddhism. Whether they are the relief images made out from one-side mould or they are round stupas completed by two-side mould. All of them are called as Tsha Tsha.
The purpose that Tibetan monks and lay persons make Tsha Tsha is to accumulate Buddhist merit. The completed Tsha Tsha is mainly used to fill the inner shrines of bigger stupas or statues. Tsha Tsha is also used as the object dispelling illness or praying for good luck. When they are in the use Thsa Tshas are worshiped at the places such as Tsha-khang, snow mountain, peaks and caves.
Tsha Tsha is a typical representative of Tibetan Buddhist arts, which is the precious treasure left to us by Tibetan ancestors, as well as n important part of human civilization.