![Ivolgin Buddhist Monastery in Buryatia](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F230%2F68%2F2306804_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgUGVzbnlhICMyMzA2ODA0_116%3A95_sputnik-2306804-preview_9052c33e0bed80758bb81e36619b9477.jpg)
![Ivolgin Buddhist Monastery in Buryatia](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F230%2F68%2F2306804_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgUGVzbnlhICMyMzA2ODA0_116%3A95_sputnik-2306804-preview_9052c33e0bed80758bb81e36619b9477.jpg)
Holy drums at the entrance to the Etigele Khambo Lamyn ordon (the palace of khambo-lama Itigelov), the venue of the imperishable body of khambo-lama Dashi-Dorjo Itigelov. The Ivolgin monastery, the spiritual center of the Russian traditional Buddhist Sanghi, the largest Buddhist community in Buryatia.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Religion & Belief
- Location: Republic of Buryatia, Russia
- Event date: 24.10.2013
- Date published: 24.10.2013
- Author: Vladimir Pesnya
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4928x3280px, 2.8Mb