Datsan
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Datsan is the term used for Buddhist university monasteries in the Tibetan tradition of Gelukpa located throughout Mongolia, Tibet and Siberia. As a rule, in a datsan there are two departments—philoso
Ivolginsky datsan
Tseezhe-Burgaltaysky datsan, Buryatia, Russia
An early 20th-century Saint Petersburg Datsan
Khurul
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A khurul is a Buddhist monastery in Kalmyk Lamaism. Some of the most famous Kalmyk khuruls are the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, and the Khosheutovsky khurul.
Khosheutovsky khurul
Ivolginsky Datsan
![The Tsagan Aav statue of Troitsky Urzhin Nuutsn Tyarni Sume [ru]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.jpg/500px-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.jpg)
The Tsagan Aav statue of Troitsky Urzhin Nuutsn Tyarni Sume [ru]
A worshipper praying barefoot