[1] He came from a family recently converted to Roman Catholicism by the Dominican priests but like many of the time, retained some of the Aymara religious beliefs.

Under the influence of the Dominicans, Yupanqui's monotheistic beliefs increased while studying religion, and they started admiring the works of European religious art.

Legend has it that one night, a beautiful woman carrying in her arms a child appeared in the fourth month of the Indian calendar and was charged with the task of making the image.

One statue resides in Cocharcas, Peru while another one is located in Pucarani, Bolivia and another was sent to Tucumán in northern Argentina.

The sculpture Our Lady of Cocharcas is attributed to him Yupanqui died in 1616 in the monastery of Oblates of the Order of Saint Augustine in Cusco, Bolivia.