Tara and its 21 emanations with prayer and mantra Tara has 21 primary emanations, each of which performs different activities such as pacification, increase and so forth. The different colors of these 21 Taras correspond to the 4 different types of enlightened activity, pacifying, increasing, overpowering and wrathful. Each of these is represented by a different color: • White represents the enlightened activity of pacifying, for example overcoming sickness, causes of untimely death and obstacle