(“Dambadarjailin” means “developing religion”). According to the
religious rulers, first and second leaders of Buddhism in Mongolia
were chosen from Mongolia. They both were descendants of Chinghis Khaan and
were proclaimed as a Bogd Khan or Javzandamba Khutagt. The first leader
was named G. Zanabazar (1635-1723) and the second was Luvsandambiidonme
(1724 -1758). In Mongolia, Manchu Emperor did a big ritual to saint Second Bogd
Khaan at his age of 5 and declared leaving First Bogd Khaan’s all power and
privileged Second Bogd Khaan for continuing and developing the religion
throughout the country. A monastery was built for the commemoration of the
Second Javzandamba Khutagt. By the order of the Manchu Emperor, in 1759 after
the second Bogd khaan death, the monastery was named “Dambadarjailin
Monastery”.Construction of the
monastery was built in 1761 at the confluence of the River Selbe in the
northern part of the city and was completed in 1765.
In 1937-1938, political repression covered the monastery and
a number of monks were executed. Moreover, the temples were closed, and
valuable relics, sutras were burnt. The buildings of the monastery were used as
resort and hospitals during the socialist Mongolia. After Democratic Revolution in Mongolia, Dambadarjailin
Monastery was started to restore by some monks. The government celebrated the
240th anniversary of the establishment of the monastery in
2005. Today, over 50 monks are running the everyday religion
activities.
