Tuvkhun monastery Zanabazras retreat and worship Location N 47*02.343. E 102*13.547 Uvurkhangai provinces. The easiest rout to Tuvkhun monastery is the road from soum center Kharakhorin southwest up to valley of Orkhon river. It can be reached also the resort town Khujirt. Either by fording The orkhon river (condition permitting) or the bridge on the of Orkhon water fall as known as tourist attraction. The final mile or two up to the steep hill to the monastery may be impossible after heavy rains. In 1648, about the time he had found what now Shankh monastery on the Shariin gol, Zanabazar noticed an unusual armchair-shaped peak among the ridges west of the Orkhon River. He soon concluded that the mountain, known as shireet Ulaan uul, was an auspicious spot. Upon his return in 1651 from his firs
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