Ivolginsky datsan

Ivolginsky datsan is the Buddhist Temple situated in Buryatia, Russia, 23 km from Ulan Ude, close Verkhnyaya Ivolga town. The datsan was opened in 1945 as the main Buddhist otherworldly focus of the USSR. Over the span of time the little "Khambin's sume" changed into the Monastic focus with a home of Pandido Khambo lama, the pioneer of every Russian Lama. It was the habitation of the Central Spiritual Board of Buddhists of the USSR and later of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia, and additionally that of Pandido Khambo lama, the leader of the Russian Buddhists.

The otherworldly action of the datsan is showed in sanctuary ceremonies, therapeutic practice, and a customary arrangement of Buddhist instruction. As a social and religious landmark, the Datsan is ensured by the State. The Datsan Center comprises of such sanctuaries as Sockshin-dugan, Maidrin-sume, Devazhin and Sakhiusan-sume. There are additionally a library, a lodging, the Choyra Faculty of Philosophy, Dashi Choinhorlin working of the Buddhist University, Museum of Buryat Art, suburgans stupas, some framework structures and lamas' homes. Inside the Datsan complex is the Korean style wooden Etigel Khambin sanctuary which respects the 12^th Khambo Lama whose body was as of late exhumed.