Bayanhongor Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia
About Bayanhongor
Bayankhongor was once home to one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, Gegeen Monastery, in Mongolia with over 10,000 Lama monks until Stalinist purges in the 1930s. It was a major center of learning and religion for the region at the time. However, the communist government destroyed most of the temples and executed many of the monks. In the early 1990s, a small concrete ger was established on the site in an effort to restore Tibetan Buddhism. There are several other active monasteries nearby, plus ruins of other also destroyed by the communists. The city is situated near the northern boundary of the Govi Desert with desert to the south and steppe and forests to the north.
Top Attractions in Bayanhongor
Explore the best things to see and do in Bayanhongor:
- ★Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area
- ★History and Ethnographical Museum
- ★Museum of Natural History
Bayanhongor Travel Guide Sections
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