Khangai Mountains | Summer 2003
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Ruins of old monastery about three miles south of Mandal Bag. Locals cannot even remember the name of this monastery, which was destroyed in 1937. There were at least seven small temples and meditation huts scatterd among the granite tors here. |
Rock paintings just south of Mandal Bag |
Details of rock painting |
Another rock painting
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Ruins of old temple |
Mandal Monastery at Mandal Bag was founded in 1751 by Luvsannoroshireev, a disciple of Zanabazar. It was damaged in 1937 but is slowly being refurbished.
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Rock paintings on granite cliffs along Olziit River, just north of Mandal Monastery. According to locals two brothers who were monks lived together in the mountains around here. They belonged to different sects of Buddhism and eventually got into an argument in which one brother killed the other. To expiate his sin the surviving brother created this rock paintings. There are at least twenty of them.
Teel Rashaan (Hot Springs) on the Olziit River. Water is said to be good for digestive problems. |
Pet deer kept by herders in the Olziit Valley |
