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Religious Site Attractions In Mongolia

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Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state. It is sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, although only 37 kilometres separates them. At 1,564,116 square kilometres , Mongolia is the 18th-largest and the most sparsely populated unitary sovereign state in the world, with a population of around 3 million people. It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan and the largest landlocked country that does not borde...
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Religious Site Attractions In Mongolia

  • 5. Erdene Zuu Monastery Kharkhorin
    The Erdene Zuu Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. Located in Övörkhangai Province, approximately 2 km north-east from the center of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the ancient city of Karakorum, it is part of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.The monastery is affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.Abtai Sain Khan, ruler of the Khalkha Mongols and grandfather of Zanabazar, the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, ordered construction of the Erdene Zuu monastery in 1585 after his meeting with the 3rd Dalai Lama and the declaration of Tibetan Buddhism as the state religion of Mongolia. Stones from the nearby ruins of the ancient Mongol capital of Karakorum were used in its construction. Planners attempted to create a surroundin...
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  • 6. Gandan Monastery Ulaanbaatar
    The Gandantegchinlen Monastery is a Mongolian Buddhist monastery in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that has been restored and revitalized since 1990. The Tibetan name translates to the Great Place of Complete Joy. It currently has over 150 monks in residence. It features a 26.5-meter-high statue of Avalokiteśvara. It came under state protection in 1994.
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  • 7. Amarbayasgalant Monastery Mongolia
    Amarbayasgalant Monastery or the Monastery of Tranquil Felicity, is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia. The monastery complex is located in the Iven Valley near the Selenge River, at the foot of Mount Büren-Khaan in Baruunbüren sum of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The nearest town is Erdenet which is about 60 km to the southwest. The monastery was established and funded by order of Manchu Yongzheng Emperor to serve as a final resting place for Zanabazar , the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, or spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism for the Khalkha in Outer Mongolia and a spiritual mentor to both emperors' ancestor, the Kangxi Emperor. Tradition holds that while searching for an appropriate site to build the monastery, the exploratory group came across two yo...
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  • 10. Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Ulaanbaatar
    The Holy Trinity Church also called Trinity Church is the name given to a Russian Orthodox church in Ulaanbaatar, capital of Asian country of Mongolia; situated in Bayanzurkh . In 1860, as a result of the signing of the Convention of Peking to the Russian side it was granted the right to open a consulate in the capital of Outer Mongolia - Urga. In 1863 the Consulate staff with a convoy of 20 Cossacks came to Urga; and they opened its own building for the consulate that binds directly to the Orthodox Church in honor of the Holy Trinity. On March 22, 1864 year he was sent the first priest who offered a religious service. This day is considered the beginning of the parish of Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Mongolia. Since 1927, the church had no priest, and was closed for relig...
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  • 11. Bulgan Mosque Olgiy
    Bulgan is a sum of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia.
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