Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Buddhist Monastery Gandan Statue Of Avalokiteshvara Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The initiative to build the monumental statue of Avalokiteshvara in the capital of Outer Mongolia belonged to the Dalai Lama XIII, who visited Urga in 1905, but the emergency construction of the statue and the construction of the temple for its deployment began only after the victory of the National Revolution by decree of Bogdo-gegen VIII and insisted by the Mongolian believers.