The Manzushir Monastery

Spending an afternoon in the country side here in Mongolia there are some hidden treasures you can visit. One such treasure is the Manzushir Monastery. It was really nice to visit and to spend the afternoon exploring

Here is some information I found on the Internet;

Manzushir monastery was a monastery established in 1733 CE, south of the Bogd Khan Uul Mountain range, 4km north of the Töv Aimag capital of Zuunmod. Over time the monastery grew into a complex that housed more than 20 temples with over 300 resident monks.

During the communist purges of the 1920's and 30's, the monastery was completely destroyed and all the monks either killed or exiled. The remains of the temple have been turned into a museum. A new temple has been built in Zuunmod also dedicated to Manjusri. 

There had many valuable and rare Buddhism scriptures. For example Marvelous scripture which is with golden script on silver leafs . Now it scripture is saved in Central library of Mongolia. 

A new temple has been built next to the ruins of the old temples and serves as a museum with pictures and artifacts from the original monastery. By the time there are also some gers, a restaurant and a natural museum.The surrounding area is perfect for walking in green woods and meadows.

 One of the stone figures that are around the grounds

 Jilly looking into the big pot

 Tracy and David

 Some flowers that surround the area

 Looking up at the Monastery

 Entrance to the monastery

 Inside part of the monastery

 Inside another part of the monastery

Looking down from the monastery

 Ruins from the original monastery

 Paige and her new found friend