RNS-SAND-MANDALA

Visiting monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India finalize the sand mandala closing ceremony by throwing the sand into the waters at Brush Creek in Kansas City, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Visiting monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India finalize the sand mandala closing ceremony by throwing the sand into the waters at Brush Creek in Kansas City, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.