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    The Erdene Zuu Monastery (Mongolian: Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд, romanized: Erdene Zuu khiid) is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia....
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    modern-day Mongolia, near the present town of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is likely the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in...
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    well as Erdene Zuu monastery and Tövkhön Monastery. Karakorum, the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire was located adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery...
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    Buddhism among the Khalkha Mongols and founded the Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu in 1585. Abtai was born in 1554 to the Khalkha Mongol prince Onokhui üizen...
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    of the Mongol Empire under Ogedei Khan. Another Kharkhorin landmark is Erdene Zuu Monastery and its famous phallic rock. The important Paleolithic archaeological...
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    000 near Lake Baikal. After two bloody battles with the Dzungars near Erdene Zuu Monastery and Tomor, Chikhundorji and his brother Jebtsundamba Khutuktu...
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    example of yurt-style architecture. The 18th century Lavrin Temple in the Erdene Zuu lamasery was built in the Tibetan tradition. The Choijin Lama Süm temple...
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    large statue of a penis raised on a platform on the steppe, located near Erdene Zuu Monastery (part of the World Heritage Site entitled Orkhon Valley Cultural...
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    shops, temples, monasteries, etc. Ruins of Mongol capital of Karakorum. Erdene Zuu monastery is the first Buddhist monastery established in Mongolia. It...
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    occurred.) Abtai Khan of the Khalkha converted to Buddhism and founded the Erdene Zuu monastery in 1585. His grandson Zanabazar became the first Jebtsundamba...
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    Mongols, Abtai Sain Khan, rushed to Tümed to meet the Dalai Lama. The Erdene Zuu Monastery was built by him in 1586, at the site of the former Mongol capital...
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    000 near Lake Baikal. After two bloody battles with the Dzungars near Erdene Zuu Monastery and Tomor, Chakhundorji and his brother Jebtsundamba Khutuktu...
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  • speculating it refers to the small mountain range between the monastery and Erdene Zuu Monastery, while others claim it refers to “a group of objects arranged...
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    substantiated in 1658 when he presided over a convocation of nobles at Erdene Zuu and a year later he conferred titles on nobles at Olziit Tsagaan Nuur...
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    The Erdene Zuu Monastery was established in the 16th century by Abtai Sain Khan in the heartland of the Khalkha territory...
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    the ancient Mongol capital of Karakorum, and the religious center of Erdene Zuu. The 3rd Dalai Lama declared Abtai (1554 - 1588), grandson of Gersenji...
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    Buddha statue in the Erdene Zuu Monastery, Karakorum...
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  • however, he did give Abtai the title Khan. Abtai Khan established the Erdene Zuu monastery in 1585 at the site of the former city of Karakorum.[citation...
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    is a massive statue of a penis raised on a platform on the steppe near Erdene Zuu Monastery. The statue has dual functions; primarily it is a reminder to...
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    Ögii Lake. More specifically, they stand about fifty miles north of the Erdene Zuu Monastery, and approximately twenty-five miles northwest of the Ordu-Baliq...
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    monastery is dedicated to Zanabazar's main tutelary deity, Maitreya. Unlike Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is an ensemble of temple halls of different styles, Amarbayasgalant...
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  • Leonardo Olschki believed some of Boucher's works may still exist in the Erdene Zuu Monastery, which was constructed from the ruins of Karakorum in the sixteenth...
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    Khentii, Mongolia. She first met Bogd Khan in 1895 during his visit to the Erdene Zuu Monastery. Another time, they met in 1900 during a trip to Amarbayasgalant...
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    monasteries in Mongolia, such as Shankh Monastery, Tövkhön Monastery and Erdene Zuu Monastery. The rule of the 5th Dalai Lama also oversaw the repression...
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  • beginning in the 18th century. The first Cham ceremony in Khalkha was held in Erdene Zuu Monastery in the first decade of the 19th century. Mongolian Cham is of...
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  • two bloody battles with the Dzungar in present-day central Mongolia, Erdene Zuu Monastery and Tomor, Tushiyetu Khan and his son Galdandorji fled to the...
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    Empire would finally defeat the Dzungars a year later in 1732 near the Erdene Zuu Monastery in Mongolia. The Qing then made peace with the Dzungar Khanate...
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    Temple, Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Bagan, Sagaing Hill, Mandalay Hill Mongolia: Erdene Zuu Monastery, Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Zayiin Gegeen Monastery, Gandantegchinlen...
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    Sanjaa (Dipankara) inside Western Temple in the Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia....
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    location. Khamar Monastery Baldan Bereeven Monastery Danzandarjaa Monastery Erdene Zuu Monastery Shankh Monastery Tövkhön Monastery Amarbayasgalant Khiid Shankh...
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