Belgrade pagoda
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Kalmyk Buddhist Temple, also known as Kalmyk Home, was a Buddhist temple in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. It was built in 1929 as one of the first Buddhist temples in Europe, served religious purposes
Kalmyk Temple in Belgrade
Datsan Gunzechoinei
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The Datsan Gunzechoinei is a large Buryat Buddhist datsan in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the northernmost Buddhist temple in Europe.
Belgrade pagoda
…considered one of the earliest Buddhist temples in Europe, probably only second specifically built for this purpose and in the pagoda-style, after the Datsan Gunzechoinei temple in St. Petersburg, built from 1909 to 1915. The Kalmyks and their temple are almost completely forgotten today, but still, they were inspiration…
Datsan Gunzechoinei Face
Northern face of the temple
Main entrance to the temple
Karl Tõnisson Buddhist monk from Estonia, in front of Datsan Gunzechoinei, Saint Petersburg’s Buddhist Temple