Mingiyan talks about his clan temple and the monks who served there: Near the village of Sharnut, we built a stupa next to which we erected a monument on which we inscribed the names of the monks who served in our clan temple in the 1930s. That temple was called Rashi-Choiling, and its abbot was Ochirov Erenzhen from the Jamba-Sharvakhin clan. The astrologer who served in the temple was Boldsha Basa. Other monks who worked there were Koonan Khar, Shepeling, Muchkan Luuzung, Manuna Tsyavdyr, Bukshan Badma and others. All in all, about 20 monks. In 1931, Ochirov Erenzhen was sent to prison in Kazakhstan. When the Kalmyks were exiled to Siberia, he came and found his relatives there. He was very old, but healthy. Boldsha Basa told his family that the Soviet government would not give him peace and that he wanted to die on his own terms. He lay down on the floor and asked two young boys to hold him by the shoulders and the legs. While the boys were holding him, he took a deep breath and passed away. In 1931 all monks were forcefully disrobed. 3 of the monks went in the direction of Abganer, but no one knows what happened to them. Inside the temple there was a large prayer drum. The communists cut the drum open, retrieved all the sacred texts and objects, and chucked all of them into the Oonta River. Two monks, inducing Fedkin Shogsha and my uncle Ochirov Dorzhi, managed to smuggle out several relics. They took these relics with them when the Kalmyks were exiled to Siberia. Fedkin Shogsha was buried along with his relics. Before his death, my uncle was holding a statue of Buddha and reading prayers. After the prayers he walked all day and looked healthy, but died in the evening. His relics were also buried with him.