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Willettsworld Says: This is the only reconstructed temple building within the ruins of the complex. Our young girl guide showed us various aspects of it with our tour guide translating what she said for us.
Willettsworld Says: We were shown around the monastery complex by a young girl whose family lives on the complex site. In the museum, inside a ger, we showed us old stone work and wooden posts left from the destruction by the Communists.
Willettsworld Says: Formerly one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia, Ongi Temple was founded in 1760 and combined two temple complexes on the north and south sides of the Ongi River. The older southern side consisted of various administrative buildings which were linked to the northern side...
Willettsworld Says: Our ger camp, which I think was called Tsagaan Ovoo, lies next to the Ongi River and the views of the camp and the surrounding area are really great if you climb up to the top of some of the nearby hills. The river is just like an oasis in the rocky desert terrain with green...
Ongi Temple Ger Camp (Tsagaan Ovoo?): Beside Ongi temple and river
Willettsworld Says: I think our ger camp at Ongi was called Tsagaan Ovoo but I can't be sure. It lies next to the Ongi River and the views of the camp and the surrounding area are really great if you climb up to the top of some of the nearby hills. Ongi Temple lies just behind the camp so you...
Willettsworld Says: Our ger camp, which I think was called Tsagaan Ovoo, had a nice, new, ger shaped small restaurant. For dinner the evening we stayed there they served us stew with rice and veg. Like all the Ger camps we visited, they serve soft drinks and bottled beer which you have to pay...
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This is the only reconstructed temple building within the ruins of the complex. Our young girl guide showed us various aspects of it with our tour guide...
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Ongi is located in Dundgovi Aimag south of Ulaanbaatar and north of the Gobi Desert and is the location of the Ongi Temple. It was once a large monastery complex with about 1000 lamas but was...
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