Aglag Buteel Temple, Mongolia

Aglag Buteel Temple has been built recently and work is still undergoig and cituated about 100km to the west of Ulaanbaatar city at a beautiful valley with trees and big snotes and hills near Daliin Am, Bornuur soum, Tuv aimag.

It was lama Purevbat's temple, he is one of the prominent modern Buddshist artist of Mongolia.   It was easy to get there and see extraordinary works of him and his colleagues.  This place where he grew up as a child.

The entrance fee was in summer 2015, 5000T per person. Hundreds of Mongolians were visiting this place for as a tourists or for religious purposes. All the stones are natural and as an  artist Lama Purevbat looked and carved as an fairy tale creatures.

 There are seven stones,which was brought by Mongolian wrestler.  As an explanation of when Buddha was born he made seven steps. In the photo only four stones.

 Resting Buddha/

If you want to know more detailed information it is here  I am sorry, it is in Mongolian. For the video click here

Photos @J&B Hughes

A Mongolian baby is a star of the film with others

Director of the film Thomas Balmes documented four hundred hours of babies activities from birth to their first steps from Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the Statest.  Here are the BBC footage and the trailer.  You can notice that those babies are cheeky little monkeys.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8672346.stm

Street children in Ulaanbaatar

After the collapse of Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s, which was the Mongolian economy depended on it was hard for normal people to survive.  Shops had only sugar and flour and price for everything was rocketing almost every day.

During that time first street children or gang rose from sewage of Ulaanbaatar city.  The government could not coup with sudden rise of numbers of homeless children and at that time it could not figure out itself too. 

Handful of foreigners is helping the situation.  Many foreign media tried to get public awareness but it did not decrease number of children living in streets.

I met Didi many times during my Friday nights out because in Ulaanbaatar there were not many places to hang out at nights.  I knew what she was doing in Mongolia. 

Didi is working to help to street children in Ulaanbaatar.  Now her Lotus Children's Centre in the Mongolian capital is providing shelter, food and education for vulnerable children.  The centre spread its business providing accommodation and tours to visitors.

You can help or sponsor children donating money or volunteering your work at Lotus centre.