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Mandala Art is most commonly used in Sikkim art and

craft especially in Thangka Paintings, carpet weaving


Wood carvings. Mandalas translate complex
mathematical expressions into simple shapes and forms.
The word mandala arises from the Sanskrit and means
sacred circle. The circle symbolizes the womb of creation;
and mandalas are geometric designs that are made
through uniform divisions of the circle.
The mandala pattern is used in many different traditions.
In the Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism or Japanese
lifestyle of Shintoism. The mandala is a spiritual and
ritual geometric configuration of symbols that can be
used to represent deities, shrines or paradises.

Fractal mandalas depict the structure of our universes as


described by the various metaphysical systems.
Mandalas and fractals (i.e trees) have always been used
in religious art to depict the universe, which surrounds us
like a mandala, and appears similar at all levels like a
fractal. These fractal mandalas combine both to create
the ultimate metaphysical art, which is both highly
abstract and visionary.
Among others, the fractal mandalas depict yin and yang,
the four elements, the I Ching, the Tetractys, and the
geomantic figures. These mandalas were first hand-
drawn, and then recreated digitally down to the pixel to
ensure maximum precision.

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