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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: monastery in Bayangol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Also known as: “Gandan Monastery”, “Gandan Thegchenling”, “Gandantegchinlen Khiid”, and “Gandantekchilen Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gesar Temple and National Museum of Mongolia.
Gesar Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gesar Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 420 metres east of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.
National Museum of Mongolia
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Mongolia formerly known as the National Museum of Mongolian History is a history museum focusing on Mongolian history located in Chingeltei, Ulaanbaatar. National Museum of Mongolia is situated 1½ km east of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.
The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum is an art museum located in Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and founded in 1966. It exhibits collections of Mongolian masters of fine arts from the 18th to the 20th century and works in cooperation with the UNESCO for improving the presentation of its collections. The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum is situated 1¼ km east of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.
Gandantegchinlen Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery and religion
- Location: Ulaanbaatar, Central Mongolia, Mongolia, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
47.92202° or 47° 55′ 19″ northLongitude
106.89475° or 106° 53′ 41″ eastElevation
1,317 metres (4,321 feet)Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tibetan—“Gandantegchinlen Monastery” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гандантегченлин”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Gandantegtxinlin”
- Chinese: “甘丹寺”
- Czech: “Gandan”
- Czech: “Gandančenling”
- Czech: “Gandantegčenlin”
- Czech: “klášter Gandan”
- Dutch: “Gandanklooster”
- Esperanto: “monaĥejo Gandan”
- Esperanto: “monaĥejo Gandantegĉinlen”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Gandantegĉinlen”
- Estonian: “Gandantegtšilen hijd”
- French: “monastère de Gandantegchinlin”
- French: “Monastère de Gandantegchinlin”
- German: “Gandan-Kloster”
- Hungarian: “Gandan kolostor”
- Hungarian: “Gandantegcsinlen kolostor”
- Italian: “Monastero di Gandantegchinlen Khiid”
- Japanese: “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”
- Korean: “간단 사원”
- Korean: “간단사원”
- Mongolian: “Гандантэгчэнлин хийд”
- Polish: “Gandan”
- Russian: “Гандантэгченлин”
- Serbian: “Gandan manastir”
- Serbian: “Manastir Gandan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gandan manastir”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Gandan”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Gandan”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Gandantegchinlin”
- Thai: “อารามกันดันเท็กชินเล็ง”
- Thai: “อารามกันดันเทกชินเลน”
- Tibetan: “དགའ་ལྡན་ཐེག་ཆེན་གླིང་།”
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