Gandan Tegchinlen Khiid

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Gandan Tegchinlen Khiid is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, known as a major center of Mongolian Buddhism and home to a large statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastery ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
architectureStyle Mongolian ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
associatedWith Bogd Khan of Mongolia ⓘ
linked to: Bogd Khan

Jebtsundamba Khutuktu lineage ⓘ
city Ulaanbaatar ⓘ
country Mongolia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
Janraisig bodhisattva ⓘ
linked to: Maitreya
feature large prayer wheels ⓘ
monastic college buildings ⓘ
traditional Tibetan-Mongolian architecture ⓘ
founded 1809 ⓘ
foundedBy Bogd Jebtsundamba ⓘ
Jebtsundamba Khutuktu ⓘ
function monastic university ⓘ
hasPart Megjid Janraisig Temple ⓘ
main assembly hall ⓘ
several smaller temples ⓘ
hasStatue Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
Megjid Janraisig statue ⓘ
heritageStatus important cultural heritage site of Mongolia ⓘ
historicalEvent one of few monasteries to remain functioning during socialist period in Mongolia ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Classical Mongolian ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
locatedIn Bayangol District ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar ⓘ
capital of Mongolia ⓘ
mainDeity Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
nativeName Гандантэгчинлэн хийд ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Mongolian ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
practices Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Mongolian Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
reopened 1944 ⓘ
role residence of high-ranking lamas ⓘ
spiritual center of Mongolian Buddhists ⓘ
significance major center of Mongolian Buddhism ⓘ
statueHeight about 26.5 metres ⓘ
status active monastery ⓘ
tourism popular tourist destination in Ulaanbaatar ⓘ

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Gandantegchinlen Monastery → hasNameTransliteration → Gandan Tegchinlen Khiid ⓘ
Gandan Tegchinlen Khiid → nativeName → Гандантэгчинлэн хийд ⓘ
linked to: Gandan Tegchinlen Khiid