Ulaanbaatar
State Worship Ceremony took place for Sutai Mountain
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj attended the Heaven Hallowing State Worship Ceremony for Sutai Mountain on July 25, Day of the Monkey of the last month of summer of the Year of the Monkey, according to Mongolian-Tibetan Calendar. Sutai Mountain, elevated 4,220 meters above sea level, draws the boundary of Gobi-Altai and Khovd provinces.
President Ts.Elbegdorj arrived in accompaniment by four honor guards, at the ceremonial yard next to the “ovoo”. The President took a blessing from the Great “Ganjuur” Chronicles, while the four guards carried and placed the State Flag, the War-time Black Banner, Flag of Gobi-Altai province, Chinggis Khaan’s portrait and the Seven Treasures of the State beside the ceremonial “ovoo”.
Present at the ceremony were, Sh.Radnaased and B.Purevdorj MPs, Chief of Staff of President’s Office P.Tsagaan, deputy chief B.Togtokhbuyan, presidential advisers R.Bold and O.Chuluunbileg, Chief of the Headquarters of the Mongolian Armed Forces Major-General D.Davaa, Governor of Gobi-Altai O.Amgalanbaatar, Governor of Khovd D.Tseveenrevdan, leaders of the citizen’s khurals, Buddhist monks of two provinces, the second Khamba (bishop) of the Center of Mongolian Buddhism Gandantegchinlen Monastery L.Amgalan, and the citizens.
Ancient legend tells that the Mountain had grown in the east of Baatar (Hero) Mountain, a part of the Himalayan Mountains. The name Sutai has derived from the word “Suutei”, which means “milky” in Mongolian, probably because the locals have brought down wild yaks from the mountain for domestication and which later gave plenty of milk.
