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Monks are making a mandala of coloured fine sand. A mandala is a cosmic diagram that symbolizes order and harmony. They are seen as concentrated areas where the forces of the universe come together.
A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed. Its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.
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