In Irkutsk, at the V. Ragal House Museum, as part of Buddhist Culture Days, a mandala is being created from consecrated colored sand. This year monks from South India will make the mandala of Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom, and after finishing on July 27, they will destroy it and give the sand to anyone who wants it. According to the datsan representatives, the mandala is meant to bring harmony and blessing to the place where it is created, and become a symbol of peace and harmony for the city residents.
A mandala is being created in the house museum named after V. Ragal at 3 Khalturina St. as part of the Days of Buddhist Culture in Irkutsk.For the second year in a row, at the invitation of the Irkutsk datsan, Buddhist monks from southern India have come to our city to create a mandala in Irkutsk — a visual projection of the palace of a Buddhist deity. The two-by-two-meter image is laid out by the masters from consecrated colored sand. This year it will be a mandala of the Buddha of wisdom Manjushri.
“The mandala is built to establish harmony and bless the area where it is created,” says a representative of the Irkutsk datsan, Lama Zorigto Batuev. “Its main purpose is a visual image that a Buddhist practitioner must visualize in his mind. For the city, it should bring harmony to the relationships of all residents and living beings.”
The construction of the mandala will continue until July 27, after which it will be destroyed, and the consecrated sand will be distributed to everyone who wishes.
According to the press service of the Irkutsk city administration