Morning Sun Prayer. Art Gallery Ulan-Ude Ivolginsky Datsan. Hambo Lama Itigelov. Editorial Photo

The main shrine that attracts the attention of not only Buddhists to the Ivolginsky Datsan, but also believers of other religions, esoterists and scholars, is the imperishable body of Khambo Lama Etigelov. In 1927, the body of the llama was buried in the ground in a cedar box, sprinkled with salt. On September 10, 2002, the box was lifted to the surface - surprisingly, over the years, not only Etigelov`s body has not undergone the slightest decomposition, but his clothes and the boards of the box have no signs of rotting. Laboratory studies have shown that body tissues correspond to the tissues of a living person, and that while there are no traces of balancing or preservation