According to the history,
Sangyn Dalai Monastery was created in the 19th century by the order of
Mongolian Buddhist Head for the Tibetan Lama’s first arrival in Mongolia. The
monastery was located at the center of Erdenedalai Soum of Dundgovi province,
not far from Sangyn Dalai Lake. The Tibetan Lama welcomed and got a relaxing
there. The lama Chobondorj led the temple construction, and the wood, dirt
and lime were prepared by local man Dendev from the local place and
decorated by blue bricks, blue ceramics and special decorations. The temple
was offered to the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba who gave the name Dambadarjaalin to
the temple. The meaning of the temple name is to spread the religion. The
Sangyn Dalai monastery had a complex with a big library and nearly 20 temples
same as two main temples or Tsogchin Dugan, two Guardian Spirit temples and 4
temples for four main Mongolian provinces and there were more than 500 Buddhist
lamas. The Tsogchin temple decorated by the wheel and unicorn that gilt with
gold is a rectangle shaped 2 storied building. Also it has a wall of blue brick
and 64 wooden columns and a roof of blue ceramics. An exterior and
interior of the temple are decorated by the national patterns, making the
monastery one kind of the national architectural art. The monastery was
protected by the state in 1994. Only Tsogchin temple is only one temple that was not destroyed during the 1930s purge of Buddhism. The
whole monastery was reconstructed in 1990-1991. The reconstructing project was
carried out by the Reconstruction Organization of the Historical and Cultural
Heritages by 1989 and made a survey and a scheme. The religious activities had
restarted since 1991.
