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Complex monasteries “Lama’s khuree” was located on the territory of modern Binder soum of the Khentii aimag /province/ and the old name of the soum was “Woodland Jonon Van’s khoshuu” of the Setsen Khan aimag. The monastery was situated in the forest-steppe zone on the Lama’s hill on the west side from the Deluun Boldog mountain and on the north side from the Khurkh river. In the research reports of monasteries and churches of 1934-1938 was noted that the complex monasteries “Lama’s khuree” was originally founded in 1873 in the Batsumber area with 11 monasteries and 10 churches such as Tsogchin, Choir, Jud, Maidar and with 316 lamas /Buddhist monks/. In oral folk sources people say that the complex monasteries “Lama’s khuree” was originally founded on the area named “Tavan Tolgoi” /Five Hills/ and about 30 years later it was moved to the Lama’s hill. There were more than 800 lamas from main 4 aimags of Mongolia in its 8 churches and 900-1000 lamas were taking part in its religious ceremonies. Complex monasteries “Lama’s khuree” was the second largest Buddhist center after Bareivun monasteries in Mongolia. /The source is an interview with an old resident of the Batshireet soum of the Khentii aimag/.

Note about location:

In the forest-steppe zone: on the Lama’s hill on the west side from the Deluun Boldog mountain and north side from the Khurkh river. On east side from monasteries there is a valley between Onon and Khurkh rivers and on the west side a hill “Uvur Shivert”. On the northern hill there is a main preserved ceremonial “Ovoo” /stone erection/. There is another place with “Children’s Ovoo” which was erected on the place where was cured an umbilical cord of the Chinggis khaan. People conduct religious ceremonies on these places with “Ovoo”.



