Sand mandala

Once complete, the sand mandala's ritualistic dismantling is accompanied by ceremonies and viewing to symbolize Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.

The monks use a special, extremely dense sand in order to limit interference by things such as wind or sneezes.

The sand granules are then applied using small tubes, funnels, and scrapers, called chak-pur, until the desired pattern is achieved.

Various buildings have been suggested to be three-dimensional mandalas, such as Borobodur in Java, Indonesia, and the Bayon in Siem Reap, Cambodia, although no academic consensus on either has yet been reached.

Even the deity syllables are removed in a specific order[3] along with the rest of the geometry until at last the mandala has been dismantled to show impermanence.