Aglag Buteel Monastery

It is located 92 km northwest of Ulaanbaatar on a paved road and 7 km on an unpaved road in Bornuur soum of Tuv aimag.

At the entrance gate, there are blue, white, and orange-colored stupas.  Those stupas represent Mongolian 3 deities of the Root. 

- Blue stupa represents the Ochirvaani deity whose role is to protect Mongolian land and people,

- White stupa represents the Janraisag deity who protects people from any sufferings and danger,

- Orange one represents Manzushir deity who honors the mind.

When you visit the temple, you will notice 2 nature rocks protruding out of the ground inside and outside of the temple. They left those rocks as it was because when they tried to cut and remove them, sudden wildfire arose and they thought it was nature’s warning not to touch those rocks.

On the second floor of the temple, there is a museum called strange things. In the museum, you can see Purevbat’s collection of strange animal’s real exhibits. For example, there is an anaconda’s skin, a giant crocodile’s skin, a skull of unicorns, 4 horned ram, 6 horned antelopes, 1 horned mountain goat, 6 horned hogs, 5 headed fish with their description of where they found.

After visiting the temple and the museum, guests can hike on the hiking trails where they are able to see weird-shaped different natural rocks and trees.

Myth animals in this temple were made by G.Purevbat, who initiated building this temple. He used his collections of nature’s unique shaped rocks, tree roots, and other unique things to create these animals that he first saw in his meditation dreams.

In the southwestern part of the temple, there is the house where the Buddhist monk G.Purevbat lives, in the south-east there is the “Ikh Hishig” restaurant, in front of it there is the monk's house and the workers' ger. The monastery is also home to rabbits, snakes, geese, and chickens.