“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth; Ganesha, the remover of ...

Blue Mound, 5-7 p.m., also Thursday, Oct. 31 Moweaqua, 5-8 p.m., also Thursday, Oct. 31 Pana, 5-8 p.m., also Thursday, Oct. 31 Sullivan, 6-9 p.m., also Thursday, Oct ...

This is the lesson of the sand mandala, says the artist, the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen. “Nothing lasts forever, am I right?” he says to students that gathered around him. He says this mandala ...