Mandala art with colorful gradients Using Illustrator CS6

Mandala Art can be easily made in Illustrator CC nowadays using Mandala Plugin tool. But how to make Mandala Art in Illustrator CS 6 and other older versions.I have tried with all those simple tools Like

Distort and transform
clipping mask
Using Layers

This is the one i developed it is relaxing stress releasing and more...
I ll share more in future...