One mandala, depicting the goddess Jnanadakini, has barely a crack to show for almost seven hundred years of existing. The colors are all pomp and hot splendor: red grabs hold of softer pinks and ...

One is the savior goddess Tara, ... Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet. Through Jan. 12. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave; 212-535-7710; metmuseum.org.

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, 501 ...