Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
| Created: | 2014-08-29 14:34 |
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| Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
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| Description: | In the pre-revolutionary period there were more than 150 Buddhist temples that served the needs of almost every Kalmyk clan and settlement. However, during the anti-religious purges of the 1930s, all of them were destroyed, except for the Khosheutovskiy temple, which survived partly. It was not until 1989 that the first prayer house was opened on Gerasimenko street in Elista following the establishment of a Buddhist community. The first Buddhist temple Geden Sheddup Choikorling (locally known as Sakyusn Sume) was opened in 1996 on the outskirts of Elista, which marked the beginning of a period of active construction of religious buildings across Kalmykia. In 2005 Burkhan Bugshin Altan Sume (known as Central Khurul), the biggest temple not only in Kalmykia but in Europe, was opened in the centre of the capital city. Today Buddhist structures such as temples, prayer houses and stupas can be found in all settlements across Kalmykia. Among them, stupas present an interesting case. Not only are they built in large numbers in villages and around temples, but they also mark the places of destroyed temples and other sacred locations. The construction of stupas is usually initiated by Kalmyk clans (in such cases stupas are built in ancestral places in memory of ancestors) or representatives of Buddhist communities (in memory of famous lamas, legendary rulers, destroyed temples or notable historical events).
In this collection, you can see videos and listen to stories about religious buildings of the past and the present. |
Media items
This collection contains 50 media items.
Media items
About the Bogdakhin Temple
33 views
The video features two narrators, Lyudmila Sarangova and Al’mira Erendzhenova who talk about the Bogdakhin temple. Destroyed in 1929, the temple was rebuilt in 1991. It is...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Apr 2015
Alexandr Nasakaev, About a Place Called Chapchachi in Yashkul'skiy rayon
35 views
Alexandr participated in the construction of a small prayer house in Chapchachi not far from the village of Chilgir. This place is where Kogshn bagshi, a Buddhist monk, was...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 15 Jun 2015
Alexandr Tarancheev, About a Temple and Monks
5 views
Alexandr talks about a temple in the village of Godzhur:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 28 Apr 2019
Batr Mangaev, About Tsatsa and Mird Inside Stupas
9 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 10 Mar 2018
Batr Mangaev, Stupas in Kalmykia
10 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 13 May 2018
Batr Mangaev, The Symbolism of the Stupa
6 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 13 May 2018
Batyr Elistaev, About the Bogdo Dalai Lamyn Rashi Lunpo Temple
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Batyr talks about the Bogdo Dalai Lamyn Rashi Lunpo Temple in Orgakin also known as the Orgakin Temple.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 15 Jun 2015
Batyr Elistaev, Stupas
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Batyr says that in the territory of the Orgakin Temple there are eight stupas dedicated to the Buddha Shakyamuni, each marking a certain period of life or certain miraculous deeds...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 15 Jun 2015
Bembya Mitruev, About the Architecture of Temples in Kalmykia
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Bembya says that some temples in Kalmykia had Tibetan architectural influence. In Kalmykia, in one of the villages there stood a temple that resembled the mandala of...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 1 May 2019
Boba Kokueva, About Our Clan's Temple
12 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 17 Jan 2018
Boris Shurganov, About the Temple in Malye Derbety
14 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 20 Oct 2017
Danil and Sergei Orusovs, About a Stupa in the Village of Protochnoe
3 views
Sergei says that shortly before the construction of a stupa near the village of Protochnoye in Astrakhan region, one of the locals found an old coin on the ground. That person...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 11 Jul 2019
Dordzhi-Tseren Bagshi, About the Single Poplar Tree
17 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 14 Dec 2017
Elza Badaeva, About Temples in the Past
5 views
Elza talks about two temples, namely Khosheutovskiy and Anzhatn.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 20 Dec 2018
Evdokia Erdnieva, About Our Clan Temple and Its Clergy
3 views
Evdokia reminisces about her old clan temple and the monks that served there:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 4 May 2019
Galina Yavanova, About the Bogdakhin Temple
31 views
Galina talks about the Bogdakhin Temple, including who built it and how it is maintained.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 25 Sep 2015
Ivan Tserenov, About the Cheerya Khurul
3 views
Ivan says that the Cheerya Khurul, a philosophical school, was built in Iki-Chonos in 1913. It had more than 100 students who were taught by teachers from Tibet, Buryatia and...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 4 May 2019
Ivan Ulyumdzhiev, About Sacred Places
12 views
Ivan talks about a sacred hill near the village of Uldyuchin. According to a local belief, a huge snake (the spiritual master of that place) lived inside that hill. Even in Soviet...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 22 Oct 2017
Ivan Vankaev, About a Temple in Ulan Hol
5 views
Ivan talks about a temple in Ulan Hol which was destroyed after the Bolshevik Revolution, and reminisces about how people went to see that place in the Soviet period.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 1 Apr 2019
Kanur Nadvidov, About a Temple in Nayntakhn Village
3 views
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (TEMPLES, STUPAS AND SACRED PLACES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 19 Jul 2018