Tövkhön Monastery

Tövkhön Monastery, one of Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monasteries, is located in , Mongolia, about 47 km southwest of . The monastery was first established in 1648, by the then-14-year-old Zanabazar, the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism for the Khalkha in Outer Mongolia.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist monastery in Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Tövkhön Khiid”, “Tuvhun Hiid”, and “Tuvhun Monastery”

Tövkhön Monastery

Latitude
47.01297° or 47° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
102.25589° or 102° 15′ 21″ east
Open location code
8PV42774+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 499158584
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q7857142
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Tövkhön Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Tövkhön”
  • Chinese: “托布洪寺”
  • German: “Töwchön Chiid”
  • Japanese: “トッフン寺”
  • Mongolian: “Төвхөн хийд”
  • Russian: “Тувхен-хийд”
  • Russian: “Тувхэн-хийд”
  • Spanish: “Tövjön Jiid”

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