| Erdene Zuu Monastery Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་ | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Location | |
| Location | Near Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia |
| Country | Mongolia |
  Location within Mongolia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 47°12′06″N 102°50′36″E / 47.20167°N 102.84333°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Abtai Sain Khan |
| Date established | 1585 |
The Erdene Zuu Monastery (Mongolian: Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд, romanized: Erdene Zuu khiid)[a] is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. Located in Övörkhangai Province, approximately 2 km north-east from the center of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the ancient city of Karakorum, it is part of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.[1] The monastery is affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.[2]
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- ^ "Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape". Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Ye, Luhua; Ren, Jiyu (2006). 佛教史. Nanjing: 江苏人民出版社. ISBN 9787214041364.[permanent dead link]