Tsagaan khadny khiid
Read in Mongolian
Name(s) of Temple :
Tsagaan khadny khiid,
Rinchen Number :
694
Rinchen Name :
Tsagaan khadny khiid
Type of Temple :
Monastic City
Aimag Temple located in :
Dornogovi
Sum Temple located in :
Delgerekh
Old Aimag Name :
Setsen Khan
Old Sum Name :
Mergen vangiin khoshuu
Description of location :
Around 200 m. west of the Tsagaan Khadnii brigade centre and 15 km. from the sum centre is the flat, declining slope of a mountain which neighbors a rocky mountain gorge that has an owoo at the top. At the front of the gorge is a feather grass-filled pass and at the southeast is a well named Tsagaan Khadnii Khudag fronted by a mountain range called Tsagaan Khadnii Khets Uuls.
GPS readings :
North 45° 43’ East 111° 04’
Estimated site dimensions (metres) :
Side1: 150 Side2: 150 Side3: 150 Side4: 150 Side5: Side6:
Revived temple on site :
No
Status of site at time of survey :
The site was not big in size. There is no visible trace from the monastery. However, there are about 4 – 5 foundations which could have been of residential buildings.
Date of founding the monastery/temple :
Avarga guulingiin daraa
Date of closing and destroying the monastery :
Old monastery/temple revived:
No
Үүсгэн байгуулагч хүний нэр болон цол хэргэм (мэдэгдэж байвал):
Нэр, цол хэргэм : Chogdog prince - Ярилцлагын дугаар: 030
Date of Reviving:
Monks in Old Temple :
not clear
not clear
Notes :
People of an ethnic origin called Chogdon Khuntaij initially built this monastery, Tsagaan Khadnii Khiid, which was set up just after the Brass Temple had been built. Based on the distinct shrines each temple had at the altar, these temples were separated into two different units. One unit was relocated to the northeast and renamed itself Chandmaniin Khiid. The unit that remained on the site was called Tsagaan Khadnii Khiid.
Form Number :
ДГДГ 128
Survey Team :
Team E
