Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Dashdorj. Itgeliin is a patronymic, not a family name.
Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov
Этигэлэй Дашадоржо
12th Pandito Khambo Lama
In office
1911–1917
Preceded byChoinzon Dorjo Iroltyn [ru]
Succeeded byTsybikzhap-Namzhil Laydanov [ru]
Personal
Born(1852-05-13)13 May 1852
Ulzy Dobo, Russian Empire (now Buryatia, Russia)[1]
Died15 June 1927(1927-06-15) (aged 75)
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
SchoolGelug
Organization
TempleYangazhin Datsan

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov[a], also transcribed at Etigelov or Itigelov, (13 May 1852 – 15 June 1927) was a Buryat Buddhist lama and the 12th Pandito Khambo Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.[2][3]

After Itigilov's death in 1927, his body was exhumed and reburied in 1955 and again in 1972, showing an intact body.[4] In 2002, the body was exhumed for a final time, receiving scientific and media attention for its well preserved state.[5] Itigilov’s body is currently kept in a glass case in a temple at the Ivolginsky datsan in Buryatia, 23 km from Ulan-Ude, where it has become a place of pilgrimage.

  1. ^ Fedorovich, Nastya (9 November 2023). "Говорят, что мертвые не потеют. Почему Хамбо Лама, который умер в 1927 году, выглядит лучше, чем многие из нас по утрам?" [They say the dead aren't sweating: Why does the Khambo Lama, who died in 1927, look better than so many of us in the morning?]. TechInsider (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "В главном Буддийском храме России в Бурятии пройдёт праздник Хамбо ламы Этигэлова" [Khambo Lama Itigilov celebration to be held in Russia's main Buddhist temple]. Eastern TeleInform (in Russian). 13 September 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ Quijiada, Justine Buck (2019). 'An Inauguration for Etigelov: Multiple Genres of History in Buryatia', Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets: Rituals of History in Post-Soviet Buryatia. pp. 34–42. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190916794.003.0002.
  4. ^ Myers, Steven Lee (2002-10-01). "Ivolginsk Journal; A Russian Lama's Body, and His Faith, Defy Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  5. ^ Bernstein, Anya (2011). "The Post-Soviet Treasure Hunt: Time, Space, and Necropolitics in Siberian Buddhism". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 53 (3): 632. doi:10.1017/S0010417511000272. ISSN 0010-4175. JSTOR 41241827.


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