Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Very nice monastery, lovely walk upto it and peaceful and serene.
A small walk from the city centre, but worth a look.

Large monastic complex with several buildings. Popular with locals. Free admission.

This place is absolutely a must in Ulanbaatar. It's a big complex with multiple temples and the best part is the huge Buddha inside the main temple. Ticket costs 7000.

As beautiful on the inside as is out. The enormous inner statue is also something to behold. Lots of prayer wheels to spin inside. It's a lovely place.

Visited during summer Naadam 2023. Attached is a picture in Lumbini Nepal, land supposed to be used for Mongolian Temple

Interested place for tourists, especially people who follow Budish, located near Ulaanbaatar. Weak point is less rest rooms for visitors and conditions of that few toilets are rather bad.

Very beautiful and well kept monastery, I am very impressed with the preservation of the buildings and the serenity

The main temple with the Buddha statue was magnificent

So amazed by the giant statue and the place is so rich in history and culture

While it's not the biggest temple by any means that I've been to, it and the surrounding complex offer plenty of things to see and experience. Gandantegchinlen Monastery is the main one, but there are numerous other temples in the same walled park-like complex.

I loved how people truly respected this temple though. I've been to many temples in many countries and often times, they are just filled with loud people just trying to get the next photo. Even locals are bad depending on the country. Here, the temple is now open, but with COVID restrictions in place. That said, you can still see the whole things. The architecture coupled with all the colours and rays of sunshine coming through make this a really serene experience.

It's Tibetan name meaning "Great Place of Complete Joy".

Like many Buddhist establishments, it and the Tantric monks who practice there have had a tumultuous history. During the period of Lenin, potentially over 10,000 lamas and 900 monasteries were eradicated. However, like many Buddhist structures standing today, they eventually went through a period of rebirth and are now thankfully flourishing.

It's one of the most popular Buddhist temples in Mongolia. All the buildings in the compounds have Tibetan architectures and also internal murals depict Tibetan Buddhism.

The centre of worship is the 25m standing gold-plated Buddha. We can also see small statues of his close disciples or other important figures in Tibetan Buddhism, and giant prayer wheels. Inside photography is allowed only upon paying a fee. Please take cash for fees as well as for offerings.

Though you aren't Buddhist, I recommend visiting it once. It's a sort of a small Tibetan culture centre. There are many lamas with whom we can take photos. The overall environment is unique and peaceful.

One of the most important places when visiting Mongolia. One of the biggest monasteries in Asia. A new building was recently built in 2017. The uniqness of the place is incredible. To enter the old Temple there is a small ticket fee plus additional ticket can be purchased if you want to take photos of the massive 25 meters tall Buda.

Very nice sight to visit. Not very touristy and hopefully remains that way. Walk around, sit on a bench and watch the world go by. The statues throughout the monastery are the main attractions!

Very pretty monastery in a much more local part of town. The monks were very kind to me when I visited in December. I still had to pay the 4,000 to enter and 7,000 for photos (still only about $4.50 USD in total), but invited to sit around their heater for a bit. It’s definitely worth a visit if you like Buddhist sites.

Nice place to visit, ticket is 7000

Make a wish when you are there.

World's biggest indoor Buddha statue

Beautiful Buddhist temple with a long history, located on the crest of a hill in the city. Foreigners pay a small entrance fee, admission for locals seems to be free. Be respectful of this religious site once you enter.

Beautiful place, defenitely worth to visit in Ulan Bator. The 26 m statue inside of the temple is very surprising and impressive. Outside, in front of the other temple there is also a chance to meet dancing monks.

Janraisig Burkhan is beautiful 😍. As 0f 6/29/21 temple is closed because of COVID, but you may enter the Buddhist park, walk around and enjoy the spiritual vibe and pray around the wall.

Beautiful MO astery. Very peaceful.