SunnyMongoliaAdventure

19/01/2021

Winter River Ice Camping & fishing under - 30c

01/01/2021

Gunjiin Sum, ”Temple of Princess ”, is located inside Gorkhi Terelj Natural Park, in the area of Baruunbuyan, 140 kilometres from the capital. Dondovdorj built it in 1740. It has been protected since 1961.

History of the temple
During the 17th century, the Mongolian Khan Dondovdorj and a Manchu princess fell in love to each other and married. When the princess was killed, Khan Dondovdorj and the Manchus decide to build a temple and a marble funeral monument in her honour. The Mongolians sent 200 lamas to officiate in the temple. As the time goes by, the temple will host more and more pilgrims and will be extended. Unlike most monasteries in Mongolia, the temple of Gunj was not destroyed by Soviets, but fell in ruins because of negligence and vandalism. Today, there are only the main temple and a few walls left, and all is in a pitiful state. We can see the entrance of the monastery that was, beforehand, fitted out with a rather quite convincing protection system.

Gunj’s Monastery is about 30 kilometres North Terelj as the crow flies. You need a guide to go there. It’s possible to pass directly through the mountains at North, or to take the longest road that lines the Baruunbayan River. You will need at least one-day horse riding (2 days for a return trip), or two-days walk (4 days for a return trip hike) in the Summer time.

12/05/2020

Tövkhön Monastery (Mongolian: Төвхөн хийд, Töwhön híd), one of Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monasteries, is located on the border of Övörkhangai Province and Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia, approximately 47 kilometers southwest of Kharkhorin.

Tövkhön Monastery was first established in 1648 by the 14-year-old Zanabazar, the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism for the Khalkha in Outer Mongolia.[1] He determined that the location on the Shireet Ulaan Uul mountain overlooking a hill at 2,600 meters above sea-level was an auspicious location. The first physical structures were built upon his return from studying in Tibet in 1653. Zanabazar, who was a gifted sculptor, painter, and musician, used the monastery, originally called Bayasgalant Aglag Oron (Happy Secluded Place), as his personal retreat over the course of 30 years. While there created many of his most famous works. It was also where he developed the soyombo script.

The monastery was destroyed in 1688 by Oirat Mongols during their military campaign against Eastern Khalkha Mongols. Restored in 1773, the monastery suffered severe damage during the Stalinist purges of the late 1930s as Mongolia's communist regime sought to destroy the Buddhist religion in the country.[1]

Religious activities at the monastery restarted in 1992 and restoration of the monastery's grounds was completed in 1997. Two original temples and two stupas from the 17th century still stand, along with additional temples built in the 18th century. Ceremonies were staged to re-consecrate the monastery and a new statue of Gombo Makhagal (Mahakala). The monastery was registered as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site in 1996. Several monks now reside and practice at the monastery full-time.

Magic Rock Tourism Camp, MONASTERY

02/05/2020

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05/03/2020

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04/03/2020

To Mongolians, the ger is a symbolic representation of the world.

If you ever get lost in Mongolia, just remember that Mongolians always build their ger with the door facing South direction.

04/03/2020

Morning Greeting from SMA

26/02/2020

Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall (Red Waterfall) was formed 20,000 years ago, after a unique combination of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

14/12/2017