Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India have returned to St. Petersburg on their Sacred Art Tour to create an intricate sand Wisdom mandala at Florida CraftArt ...

The monks are returning to Florida CraftArt Jan. 8-14, 2024, when they will create a mandala in the gallery’s exhibition space. This year, the public can vote on which mandala the monks will create.

At popular spring break destinations, like Naples, Florida, Mandala says hotel rates have dropped 20 percent. With convention and meeting business dried up, hotels are depending on families or ...

Here are a few of the sustainability solutions we are incorporating into Mandala Village. 1) Landscaping will be primarily native Florida planting with some Florida-friendly and some edible additions.

Katie Deits with Florida Craft Art has seen these Tibetan monks in action twice before. She said thousands of people will come to watch them create these sand mandalas. This year’s mandala will ...

The monks are creating a Sacred Sand Green Tara Sand Mandala (Dol jang) in the Florida CraftArt exhibition gallery. It's painting a picture with purpose. The brushes? Metal funnels that the monks ...