Agwa datsan
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Name(s) of Temple :
Agwa datsan,TIB: sngags-pa grwa-tshang,ENG: Agwa/Awag/Akhu monastic school, Tantric monastic school,Akhu datsan,
Tibetan name Wylie:
sngags pa grwa tshang
Rinchen Number :
0
Type of Monastery/Temple:
Jasaa Assembly
Aimag where the temple is located:
Ulaanbaatar
Sum where the temple is located:
Next to Lenin Club
Old Aimag Name :
Tusheet Khan
Description of location :
According to Dashtseren lama, Akhu datsan was situated near the present Lenin Club, which is south of Sükhbaatar Square (and north of Choijin lamiin süm, UBR 915 Rinchen 915).
GPS coordinates :
North 47° 54’ East 106° 54’
Total site area:
Side1: Side2: Side3: Side4: Side5: Side6:
Revived temple on site :
No
Site status at the time of survey :
There are no remains. The GPS was taken on the east of Lenin Club, where it once supposedly stood.
Date of establishment of the monastery/temple :
1924
Date of closing and destroying the monastery :
Revival of the old monastery/temple:
No
Founder's name and title (if known):
Date of Revival:
Monks in Old Temple :
Form Number :
UBNR 953
Survey Team :
Team C