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PHOTOS: Tibetan monks created colorful sand mandala in Houston

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Monday, August 22, 2016
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
The completed sand mandala is ruined and swept up by the monks
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Colored sand will fill the sand mandala with both hue and texture.
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Colored sand will fill the sand mandala with both hue and texture.
The Closing Ceremony of the sand mandala will be held Sunday, August 21, at 10am.
Colored sand will fill the sand mandala with both hue and texture.
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks sketch the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks sketch the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks sketch the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
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Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks perform ancient temple music and dance intended to kindle world healing
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
Drepung Loseling monks form the outline of their sand mandala, to be created this week at the Asia Society Texas Center
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PHOTOS: Tibetan monks created colorful sand mandala in HoustonDrepung Loseling monks created a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A group of Atlanta-based Tibetan monks who appeared on Netflix' "House of Cards" were in Houston this weekend, creating a sand mandala at Asia Society Texas Center.

The monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta, Georgia, worked for four days through Sunday to complete the artwork.

Sand mandalas are a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand.

The completion of the artwork was on Sunday with a closing ceremony in which the artwork was destroyed by the monks to "enact the impermanent nature of existence by sweeping up the colored grains and dispersing them in flowing water," according to information about the practice on the Smithsonian website.

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