Highlights:
- Beautiful landscaped statue gardens throughout the forests and hills surrounding the temple
- Wonderful works of surreal and traditional Mongolian Buddhist art
- Home of Purevbat Lama, one of the most influential figures in modern Mongolian Buddhism
Travel from Ulaanbaatar:
1 hour drive north of the city on good roads
Advice:
Take walking boots to make the most of the area
Requires a good level of fitness - temple is situated on a hillside with a very steep initial walk from the car park
The walking trail across the hillside involves several passages through increasingly narrow caves and gaps (meant to symbolise a cleansing of sins and eventual rebirth) and finally through a very narrow passage that requires you to crawl face down to emerge. These caves and passages can be bypassed via a path to the side
Very few foreigners visit this temple so try and be sensitive to other visitors who may well be here for spiritual purposes
