Danzandarjaa Monastery

Danzandarjaa Monastery Данзандаржаа хийд
Danzandarjaa Monastery, Mongolia
Danzandarjaa Monastery Location within Mongolia
Coordinates	49°38′19.36″N 100°8′40.63″E / 49.6387111°N 100.1446194°E
Monastery information
Location	Mörön, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia
Founded	1809
Date renovated	1990
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Number of monks	40
Architecture	Chinese, Mongol and Tibetan influences

Danzandarjaa Monastery (Mongolian: Данзандаржаа хийд, Danzandarjaa Khiid) is a small monastery built in the 1990s in Mörön, Khövsgöl Province to replace the original and much larger Mörön Monastery (Möröngiin Khuree) which was destroyed in 1937.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Danzandarjaa Khiid, partial view

The town of Mörön grew around the monastic complex, originally founded in 1809-11 on the banks of the Delgermörön river. At its height in the early 20th century the monastery was home to 2000 monks. Dorjjavyn Luvsansharav, a leader of the Mongolia People's Revolutionary Party during the violent Stalinist repressions in Mongolia, studied at the monastery between 1910 and 1921. In the late 1930s Luvsansharav directed a brutal persecution of the Buddhist Church in Mongolia that resulted in the closure and destruction of over 700 monasteries, including Mörön Monastery, destroyed in 1937.

After the 1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia the monastery was rebuilt on the western edge of the town and reopened in June 1990. It now houses up to 40 monks of all ages and contains an impressive collection of thangka.

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  Danzandarjaa Khiid, general view

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  stupas under construction

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  Lord Buddha Statue

References

1. "Danzandarjaa Khiid". lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
2. "Khövsgöl Province". ozoutback.com.au. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. "Monasteries and Temples". huvsgul.wix.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

External links

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