Indian Mandala: The most beautiful pattern

1. Read the text and underlinethe adjectives and the superlative

structures that you find.
A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions, representing
the universe. The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates
containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a
T. Mandalas often exhibit balance.
The term appears in the Rigveda as the name of the sections of the work, but is
also used in other religions and philosophies, particularly Buddhism.
In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of
practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred
space, and as an aid to meditation and trance induction.
In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any diagram, chart or
geometric pattern that represents the cosmosmetaphysically or symbolically;
a microcosm of the universe.
Mandalas are the most popular objects in indian culture and they are the biggest
phenomenom in trival tattoos trends all over the world. The most bright the manda
lis, the most spiritual it gets. Mandalas are symbols of life and letting go, people in
India wake up very early in the sunrise to make mandalas on the floor, the use
flowers and colorful chalk, as son as the sun rises, they all destroy them as a
symbol that life events are temporary and no matter what, we need to continue with
strengh.

2. Where are mandalas from? __________________________________________

3. What is their importance in Indian culture? ______________________________
4. At what time do indian do them on the floor?
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5. In what religin are they most popular?
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6. In which situations are they used today?
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3. Describe the following mandalas using adjective: