Buddhist monk working on a sand mandala at the Dip Tse Chock Ling Gompa (monastery). McCleod Ganj. Himachal Pradesh. India.

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Buddhist monk working on a sand mandala at the Dip Tse Chock Ling Gompa (monastery). McCleod Ganj. Himachal Pradesh. India. The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolise the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life. (44)

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Location: Dip Tse-Chock Ling Gompa. McCleod Ganj. Himachal Pradesh. India.
Photo credit: © _David Gee / Alamy / Afripics
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