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.
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
Agvan Dorzhiev
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Agvan Lobsan Dorzhiev was a Russian-born monk of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes referred by his scholarly title as Tsenyi Khempo. He was popularly known as the Sokpo Tsеnshab Ngawang
Datsan Gunzechoinei
…romanized: kun.brtse.chos.gnas) is a large Buryat Buddhist datsan in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the northernmost Buddhist temple in Europe. In 1909, Agvan Dorzhiev got permission from the Tsar to build a large and substantial Buryat Buddhist datsan or temple in Saint Petersburg which he hoped would become the…
Tsenyi Khempo, Tibetan Buddhist monk, c. 1900
Agvan Dorzhiev coming out of the Great Palace in Peterhof after his audience with the Tsar, June 23, 1901 (Andrey Terentiev Collection)
Agvan Dorjiev