Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar - Early Life

Early Life

Damdinbazar was born in 1874 at lake Oigon nuur in the Nömrög district of present-day Zavkhan aimag. His father Tserensodnom and mother Sonom were middle-class herders. In 1877 he was proclaimed Jalkhanz Khutagt or "saint incarnate" at Jalkhanzyn Khüree Monastery, in what is today Bürentogtokh sum in Khövsgöl aimag. From the ages of 16 to 20 he was instructed in Tibetan and Mongolian script, mathematics, astrology, and religious matters as a novice in a monastery at Ikh Hüree (present day Ulan Bator).

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