Amarbayasgalant Monastery

ᠠᠮᠤᠷ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠰᠬᠤᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠬᠡᠶᠢᠳ Амарбаясгалант хийд 慶寧寺
Baruunbüren Sum, Selenge Province, Mongolia
Country	Mongolia
Location within Mongolia
Geographic coordinates	49°28′48″N 105°05′06″E / 49.48000°N 105.08500°E / 49.48000; 105.08500
Architecture
Style	Chinese, Mongol and Tibetan influences
Date established	1727

Amarbayasgalant Monastery (

The monastery was established and funded by order of the

Amarbayasgalant was one of the very few monasteries to have partly escaped destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937, after which only the buildings of the central section remained. Many of the monks were executed by the country's Communist regime and the monastery's artifacts, including thangkas, statues, and manuscripts were looted, although some were hidden until more fortunate times.

Today, only 28 temples remain. Restoration work began in 1988 with funds provided by UNESCO and private sources and some of the new statuary was commissioned in New Delhi, India.

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