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
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.
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…statute of 1853 there were two recognized datsans in the Irkutsk government and others in the Zabaykalsky government. The first datsan in Europe was Datsan Gunzechoinei in St. Petersburg. Before the Communist Revolution in 1917, there were 40 datsans (not counting smaller temples — sume). After the revolution, the…
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