Tibetan monks hold ceremony at Emory

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Photos: Tibet Week at Emory University begins as Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India prepare for create a mandala.

Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India prepare for the Mandala Opening Ceremony on Monday at the start of Tibet Week at Emory University.

The Tibetan monks from India work on an initial base for a mandala sand painting at the Michael Carlos Museum at Emory.

Venerable Tsering Dorje prepares for the ceremony. This year Emory celebrates the 10th annual Tibet Week with a full program rich in the culture of traditional and contemporary Tibet.

Venerable Tsering Dorje, from Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India, performs.

Since the Emory-Tibet Partnership was founded in 1998, Emory has been committed to bringing together the Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions.

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Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India prepare for the Mandala Opening Ceremony on Monday at the start of Tibet Week at Emory University.

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