Gandan Monastery

Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia

Gandan Monastery, Mongolia
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Budget
$
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The largest functioning Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, at the heart of Ulaanbaatar. A towering gilded statue of a bodhisattva stands inside its main temple, rebuilt after decades of repression.

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