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BALDAN BARAIVAN MONASTERY - MONGOLIA
Baldan Baraivan monastery in the Khentii province once was one of the three largest monastery and home to 1500 lamas.
It was heavily damaged by the communist in 1930s and a fire in the 1970s.
Since 1998 the Cultural Restoration Tourist Project is restoring the main temple.
Volunteer tourists and a local crew combine forces to make Baldan Baraivan a lively
place of worship again and so give back some of Mongolia's cultural heritage.
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