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Tseher Sandag's Journey: Bringing a Buddha Statue to Xinjiang


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Authors

Bulag, Uradyn E. 
Fuerwa, Dorjraa 

Abstract

This video tells the tale of Tseher Sandag, who travelled to Lhasa and brought a Buddha statue to Xinjiang. Tseher Sandag, an Uraanhai individual with extensive travel experience and multiple skills, hailed from the Altai region and eventually brought back a Buddha statue to the White Monastery of Khar Us. In the video, Baajin Bo explains the entire process in detail. The story vividly illustrates the Torghuts' desire to have a living Buddha to protect them after their eastward migration to Xinjiang from the Volga region, the Manchu's intervention in the Torghut religious affairs, and the reluctance of Tibetans to give their living Buddha statues to the Torghuts in Xinjiang.

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Tseher Sandag, Torghut, Uraanhai, Iviting Buddha, Manchu Qing

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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge

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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.