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KRISZTINA TELEKI Apart from these famous sculptures, Dsanabadsar’s personal belongings were also venerated in Urga. A. M. Pozdneev mentions that Ondér gegén’s sitting mattress and pillow, hat, the sacred texts he had brought from Tibet, and the masterpieces he crafted were preserved in the main assembly hall in Urga in 1892.'* In the White Palace of the Bogd called Gungädejidlin (Tib. kun dga’ bde skyid gling) was built a temple called Ondér gegéni siim,'? which housed Dsanabadsar’s paper-maché statue and certain robes.'* As Jambal monk remembers these included Dsanabadsar’s hat with four collapsible tails (tow’ malgai), his big, red boots, and summer garment (del). These were placed next to the paper-maché statue in a sack. D. Damdinsiiren, ex-monk of Urga claims that Tawxai Bor crafted this paper-maché statue of Dsanabadsar in 1913, which became the holy object of worship in the White Palace. Its janc monk mantel, hat and robes were changed in summer and in winter.'* Moreover, the children boots of Dsanabadsar were preserved and venerated in Da$samdanlin dacan (Tib. bkra shis bsam gtan gling grwa tshang) situated in the Urga Maimaéen, the Chinese merchant town.!® Ex dagina aimag, which was founded in 1903 as the latest of the 30 monk districts in Urga, stood a temple called Ondor gegéni siim and a financial unit as well, but there is no evidence if the temple housed any objects related to Dsanabadsar. The Coijin Lama temple complex had a temple built in 1907 which later became known as the Ond6r gegén Temple (at present it houses famous artworks crafted by Dsanabadsar which belonged once to the Jin xtiré part of Urga). D. Damdinsiiren, recalls not only Dsanabadsar’s bronze casts and receiving from Tibet that were venerated in Urga until the 1930’s, but mentions a wooden “‘yurt palace” (drg6) called the Dalai éjinx (‘that of the Ocean Mother’) situated in Siiténi aimag, which was said to house Dsanabadsar’s childhood possessions and other historical stuff.'” Pozdneyev, Aleksei Matveyevich: Mongolia and the Mongols, edited by Krueger, John R., translated by Shaw, J. R. and Plank, D. Indiana University, Bloomington 1971, pp. 54-57. 13 Seröter, Öljt: Mongolin Ix xüre, Gandan xidin tüxen bütecin towe. 1651-1938. Admon, Ulänbätar 1999, p. 88. * Damdinsüren, Cend — Bawden, CharlesRR. (translated and edited): Tales ofan Old Lama. The Institute of Buddhist Studies [Buddhica Britannica Series Continua VIII], Tring, U. K. 1997, pp. 8-9, pp. 686-687. Damdinstiren, Dulamjaw: Lx xtiréni nert urcid, p. 66. Diigerstiren, Laibuj: Uldnbdtar xotin tiixés. Second edition. Temijin nomé towé6. Ulänbätar 1999, p. 38. Damdinsiiren, Dulamjaw: [x xiiréni nert urciid, p. 41. “Sütent aimagt Dalai jinx gedeg tusgai modon ger 6rgétei gajar baisan bégéd end Ondér gegéni biir xiixed axui caginx ni biix tix dursgalin jiiiliid baisan gedeg yum.” 92
