Ulaanbaatar
Amitabha Buddha sculpture listed as unique historic heritage
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Sculpture of Amitabha (Ayush) by the High Saint G.Zanabazar has been added to the List of Exclusive historic and cultural heritages. The decision was made at the regular meeting of Cabinet September 28.
The sculpture had been in the possession of Hungarian senior diplomat and a Mongolist Laszlo Kadar. The latter handed the artwork to the Vice Speaker of Mongolian Parliament R.Gonchigdorj, Ya.Sodbaatar MP and Mongolia's Ambassador to Hungary T.Gandi, during the scientific conference, held in Hungary in frames of the marking of 380th birth anniversary of the High Saint Zanabazar.
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sciences has set up a working group in charge of identifying special features and design of the artwork and transferring it to the museum treasury. The group has confirmed that the sculpture was in fact designed and created by the High Saint himself, considering that the artwork should be included in the list of exclusive historic and cultural heritages of Mongolia.
