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Dulduityn Danzanravjaa

Died in 1856

Dulduityn Danzanravjaa was born in 1803 into a poor family of the Gobi, in what is now the province of Eastern Gobi; his mother died early, and he survived with his father by begging and singing. Entering the monastery of Ongi as a disciple in 1809, he could not be enthroned as the reincarnation of his lineage, since the Qing dynasty forbade recognising it. Trained at the monastery of Dolon Nuur, he founded the monastery of Khamar from 1820, then others in the Gobi. A poet, composer, painter and physician, he died in 1856 in obscure circumstances; poisoning is suspected.

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