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Russian Buddhist Temple

October 10, 2015;

The Datsan Kunzechoinei Temple in St Petersburg is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The historic Buddhist temple was built by Tsenshab Agwan Dorjiev, a debate partner of His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama, who was instrumental in establishing cordial relations between Russia and Tibet. The temple united followers of Tibetan Buddhism across Russia. It was ransacked during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1919 and lost many of its relics and ritual objects.

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