Erdene Zuu Monastery Museum
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The Erdene Zuu Monastery Museum houses a total of approximately 10-thousand objects, spared during the repressions or hidden away by faithful locals. These include the great icon of Gombogür, one of the important objects of worship of Mongolian Buddhism, ordered from Tibet by Abtai Sain Xaan; the Zandan Zuu, made of white sandalwood; a 1.5-litre capacity coral bowl which, according to legend, was offered to Erdene Zuu by the lord of the naga; and an intricate portrait of Mahakala, painted in gold.
Of the original buildings at Erdene Zuu Monastery, those which remain standing today include the three Zuu temples, Abtain Sain Xaan's Blue temple, the Golden stupa, the Dalai Lama temple and eight other temples, stupas, the wall with 108 soyombo stupas, the tombs of Tüsheet Xaan Abtai and Tüsheet Xaan Gombodorzh, several stelae and other relics recovered from the ancient city of Karakorum.
See also Erdene Zuu Monastery
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