Mandalas are used to increase concentration and insight during meditation. They symbolize palaces, which serve as houses for the deities and show their hierarchy in which the deities take their definate place according to the function. In a broader sense the mandala refers to the entire cosmos. It represents the complete, harmoniously ordered and therefore peaceful universe. After completion it is offered in a special ritual.
Zongkar Choede Monastery
P.O.Gurupura, Hunsur Taluk
Dist Mysore
Karnataka