Tövkhön Monastery
Tövkhön Monastery, one of Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monasteries, is located in Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia, about 47 km southwest of Kharkhorin. 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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- Description: Buddhist monastery in Mongolia
- Also known as“Tövkhön Khiid”“Tuvhun Hiid”“Tuvhun Monastery”
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Latitude
47.01297° or 47° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
102.25589° or 102° 15′ 21″ east
Open location code
8PV42774+59
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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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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