Tibetan monks from Drepung Gomang performed a sand mandala in Kansas City this last Friday, August 31, 2012 at the Unity Temple on the Plaza.
The intention is to create world peace. As stated by a previous monk who performs mandala ceremonies, they pay homage to “gods of the underworld”. This homage influences the region in which it is performed.
New York, NY. Welcoming the Tibetan Buddhist monks to perform their religious ceremony of a sand mandala is Baruch College.
The event is sponsored by Baruch-Rubin Museum of Art Project.
Monks from the Namdroling Monastery located in Southern India will build the mandala in one day. Usually the creation of this ceremony is 4-7 days.
A mandala represents some kind of deity or deities. For instance the Kalachakra mandala contains 722 deities. The mandala ceremony honors these deities which can also be known as or called gods. It is intended that the ceremony will release a blessing into the region from these deities or gods.
Source TibetanMonksToBuildSandMandala.