Khandroling: November 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008

Photos by Paula Barry

Excellent long shot of the overall vajra pavilion support foundation on the universal mandala site of Khandroling.

A close up of Jim Smith pouring concrete into one of the support piers. These concrete support piers will hold the columns that will support the massive roof over the universal mandala.

Another close up of several of the support piers that will all be filled with concrete. Previous videos show the process of embedding steel rods in the support piers. Behind the piers you can view the large retaining wall that circles the entire outer mandala.

Final Video of the Season

Final Video of the season with magnificent views of the nearly completed retaining wall and large pier molds being poured with concrete. The large truck mixing and pouring the cement down a shute is on top of the mandala surface. At the outer perimeter is the retaining wall nearly completed. Here in this video one has a real sense of the enormity of the project.

A series of still photos recently taken on Khandroling by Paula Barry will be posted to this site shortly.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Final Work Scheduled for this Season-Fall 2008

Next week, the builders at Tsegyalgar will pour the concrete into the main pier supports as the final work for this season. The piers are the supports for the Vajra Hall columns that will hold up the massive roof structure. The final stage of work planned this year, if there are sufficient funds, will be to back-fill the entire mandala site to protect it over the winter.

Please stay tuned next week for our finale videos. Over the coming months we will post a variety of documents, maps, and photos relating to the project.

So, stay tuned for next weeks final videos.