Buddhist monks creating a mandala of colored sand in Lamayuru monastery. Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaLadakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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The sand mandala is ritually destroyed after it is completed and the ceremonies and viewings that accompany it are completed, symbolizing the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transient nature of material life.

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Location: Lamauyru Monastery, Ladakh, India
Photo credit: © Liudmila Kotvitckaia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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