His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting members of the audience as he arrives at the Kalachakra teaching ground on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama looking at Tibetan paintings of sixteen revered Indian Buddhist philosophers as he arrives at the Kalachakra Temple at the start of the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Monks from Namgyal Monastery making ritual offerings at the Kalachakra sand mandala pavilion on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Monks from Namgyal Monastery performing ritual practices as part of the Kalachakra Empowerment preparations in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Monks from Namgyal Monastery placing barley seeds blessed by the Tibetan State Oracle at special points on the drawing of the Kalachakra sand mandala on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Namgyal Monastery Abbot Ven Thomthog Rinpoche placing the first colored grains of sand of the Kalachakra sand mandala on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Namgyal Monastery monks starting the process of constructing the Kalachakra sand mandala on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
A monk from Namgyal Monastery working on the center of the Kalachakra sand mandala as its construction begins on the third day of preparations for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama looking over the work in progress as he makes his way out of the Kalachakra Temple at the conclusion of the preparations on the third day of the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Monks preparing the different colored sands to be used in construction of the Kalachakra sand mandala as part of the preparation procedures of the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 4, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
