| Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple Massive hand-carved door frame arrives from India by Heidi M. Pascual |
| (Clockwise from top right) Deer Park Abbot Geshe Lhundub Sopa welcomes guests who came to see the new art work from India; Indian workers and artists at work under the direction of a seventh-generation temple carver; (l-r) Abbot Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Ani Lhundub Jampa (Alicia H. Vogel) and John Martens (Tibetan Art Project Coordinator) view with excitement the uncrated work of art that will be installed as the door frame of Deer Park Buddhist Center's Assembly Hall; the elaborately designed door frame for the Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple was made by dozens of artists from Mysore, India. Thirty painters worked on the colorful detailing for 30 days. |