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At the end of the main path of the Gandan Monastery is the great white Migjid Janraisg Sum. When we visited in 1991 the building was still under construction, but would be opened for the public in 1997.
A 20M gold and bronze statue of Avalokitesvara stood once in the main temple of Gandan. This statue was destroyed and the metal was melted down by the communists in 1937 to make bullets.
A new 25 m high copper statue gilded with gold , called Migjid Janraisig '' the lord who looks in every direction'' is be donated by Nepal and Japan and will be unveiled in 1997.

Directions: 1,5 KM north west of the Sukhbaatar Square.