Handmade White Metal Om Amulet Ga'u Locket Pendant Necklace From Nepal This listing is for an Om Pendant Locket necklace. It measures 0.5 inch and handmade in Kathmandu Nepal. Amulet box in Tibetan it is called Ga'u. Ga'us were used traditionally by both men and women in Tibet. They are enclosures for Buddhist relics and blessings or amulets and serve as portable shrine, especially when one is travelling. In Tibetan Buddhism "Om" is the supreme and most sacred syllable, consisting in Sanscrit of the three sounds A, U, M, representing various fundamental triads and believed to be the spoken essence of the universe. It is often understood as symblolizing the true "empty" character of reality, as that truth has been communicated by various historical Buddha, celestial Buddhas, and directly, by the true character of reality