Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Gandantegchinlen Monastery, also known as Gandan Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery in Bayangol District, , . It was founded in 1809, closed amid persecutions in 1939, and from 1944 to 1989 was the country's only active monastery.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: monastery in Bayangol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Gandan Monastery”, “Gandan Thegchenling”, “Gandančenling”, “Gandantegčenlin”, “Gandantegchinlen Khiid”, “Gandantekchilen Monastery”, “monaĥejo Gandan”, and “ガンダン寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Megjid Janraisig temple and Gesar Temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 130 metres north of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 420 metres east of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.

Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The formerly known as the… is situated 1½ km east of Gandantegchinlen Monastery.

Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Latitude
47.92202° or 47° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
106.89475° or 106° 53′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,317 metres (4,321 feet)
Open location code
8PV8WVCV+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 429644175
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Geo­Names ID
7115785
Wiki­data ID
Q965633
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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: “klášter Gandan”
  • Dutch: “Gandanklooster”
  • 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: “ガンデン・テンツェリン寺”
  • Korean: “간단 사원”
  • Korean: “간단사원”
  • Mongolian: “Гандантэгчэнлин хийд”
  • Polish: “Gandan”
  • Russian: “Гандантэгченлин”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Гандантегченлин”
  • 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་།”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gandan and Baga Toirog.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Гандан and Атар оргил.

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