Gandantegchinlen Monastery
Gandantegchinlen Monastery, also known as Gandan Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery in Bayangol District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was founded in 1809, closed amid persecutions in 1939, and from 1944 to 1989 was the country's only active monastery.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,320 metres (4,320 feet)
- Description: monastery in Bayangol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Also known as“Gandan Monastery”“Gandan Thegchenling”“Gandantegchinlen Khiid”“Gandantekchilen Monastery”
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Megjid Janraisig temple
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Gesar Temple
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Gandantegchinlen Monastery
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Latitude
47.92202° or 47° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
106.89475° or 106° 53′ 41″ east
Open location code
8PV8WVCV+RW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tibetan—“Gandantegchinlen Monastery” goes by many names.
ГандантегченлинBulgarian
Monestir de GandantegtxinlinCatalan
甘丹寺Chinese
GandanCzech
GandančenlingCzech
GandantegčenlinCzech
klášter GandanCzech
GandankloosterDutch
monaĥejo GandanEsperanto
Monaĥejo GandantegĉinlenEsperanto
Gandantegtšilen hijdEstonian
Gandan kolostorHungarian
Gandantegcsinlen kolostorHungarian
Monastero di Gandantegchinlen KhiidItalian
ガンダン・テクツェンリン寺Japanese
ガンダン寺Japanese
ガンデン・テンツェリン寺Japanese
간단 사원Korean
Гандантэгчэнлин хийдMongolian
GandanPolish
ГандантэгченлинRussian
Монастырь ГандантегченлинRussian
Gandan manastirSerbian
Manastir GandanSerbian
Gandan manastirSerbo-Croatian
Manastir GandanSerbo-Croatian
Samostan GandanSlovenian
อารามกันดันเท็กชินเล็งThai
อารามกันดันเทกชินเลนThai
དགའ་ལྡན་ཐེག་ཆེན་གླིང་།Tibetan
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