Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County to Host Sacred Arts Tour Monks, January 6-11, 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dec. 17, 2024 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – December 16, 2024) For the second year in a row, the Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will welcome the Sacred Arts Tour Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery, a Tibetan monastery in Karnataka State, South India, for five days of special events and a variety of experiences, Monday through Saturday, January 6-11, 2025.

These soul-stirring experiences that week at Mounts Botanical Garden will include:

• Daily Opening & Closing Ceremonies
• Sand Mandala Creation
• Mani Stone Painting Workshop
• Pet Blessing
• Momo Sale
• Cultural Pageant

Workshops and activities will be led by the tour monks. Registration is required; space is limited.

Proceeds from the Sacred Arts Tour help the monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery to raise support for the refugee monks' community in south India for proper food, improvement in health and hygiene, and for providing better education facilities for the monk students to preserve their traditions and culture.

January 6-11

Sacred Arts Tour Monks

Monday through Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

General Admission January 6-10 includes full access to the Sacred Arts Tour mandala making, prayer ceremonies, and the Tibetan Marketplace for the day. A Single Day Pass is $25 per day for Nonmembers (includes Garden admission), and $5 per day for Members (Garden admission is free with membership).

General Admission January 11 for the Cultural Pageant and final Closing Ceremony is $30 per day for Nonmembers (includes Garden admission), and $10 per day for Members. Monk-led workshops and activities are not included with general admission pass. Saturday admission for the Cultural Pageant and Closing Mandala Dissolution Ceremony is not included.

Multiple Day Discount is $100 per person for Nonmembers and $20 for Members. This special pass pays for four days with the fifth free (Monday through Friday only) and includes access to daily opening and closing ceremonies, viewing the Sand Mandala construction, and authentic Tibetan Marketplace. Monk-led workshops and activities are not included with this week-long general admission pass. Saturday admission for the Cultural Pageant and Closing Mandala Dissolution Ceremony is not included.

For complete details or to purchase tickets to the Sacred Arts Tour at Mounts Botanical Garden from January 6-11, 2025, visit https://www.mounts.org/sacred-arts-tour-drepung-gomang-monastery/.

Attached Jpegs:

(Photo Credit: Sacred Arts Tour – Drepung Gomang Monastery)

1.   The Sacred Arts Tour Monks Create a Sand Mandala

2.   Sand Mandala & Altar

3.   The Sacred Arts Tour Monks Closing Ceremony

Available for Interview:

Misty Stoller, Director of Marketing & Communications

Mounts Botanical Garden

954.292.8169 / mstoller@pbcgov.org

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart, PR-BS

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net