Burkhan Khaldun, a mountain in the Khentii range of northeastern Mongolia, is Tengrism's best documented sacred site: tradition holds that Genghis Khan prayed to Tengri, the sky god, on its slopes, and the mountain remains one of several peaks (alongside Belukha, Otgontenger, Jengish Chokusu and Khan Tengri) that carry standing significance in Tengrist practice and in the wider Mongolian reverence for high, sky-facing ground. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Type of SiteSourced to the subject's own accountSacred mountain, hill or peak 1 Type of Site DetailThe mountain is named twenty seven times in the thirteenth century Secret History of the Mongols, which records Genghis Khan's own vow to honor it with sacrifice and prayer every day and to have his descendants do the same. Mongolian tradition holds Burkhan Khaldun as both his birthplace and, unconfirmed by any located grave, his burial site; UNESCO inscribed the mountain and its surrounding landscape as a World Heritage site in 2015. 2 PilgrimageMajor pilgrimage destination today 3 Status
Status TodaySourced to the subject's own accountLiving tradition, practised today 1 UNESCO World HeritageInscribed on the World Heritage List 3 Origins
RegionSourced to the subject's own accountKhentii Province, Mongolia 1 Connections
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This source names Tengri directly: "range of northeastern Mongolia, is Tengrism's best documented sacred site: tradition holds that Genghis Khan prayed to Tengri, the sky god, on its slopes, and the mountain remains one of several..."
Source Tengrism (Wikipedia)
This source names Burkhan Khaldun directly: "and Sakha, sacred mountains including Burkhan Khaldun in Mongolia, the festival names Yilgayakh and Yhyakh without further description, and its status as a beliefless-in-a-founder folk religion with..."
Source Tengrism (Wikipedia)
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Source Tengrism (Wikipedia)
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Source The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth CenturyIgor de Rachewiltz (translator and commentator)
Originated In
Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
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Sources
1. Tengrism (Wikipedia)
2. The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century
Igor de Rachewiltz (translator and commentator), Brill, 2004
3. Burkhan Khaldun (Wikipedia)
- article states 'regular pilgrimage is undertaken by the people to the three sacred major ovoos' along the mountain's sacred route
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It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 4 July 2015 under the title "Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape." Under a Presidential Decree of 1995 the worship of this mountain has been formalised and the mountain declared a national monument.
View the SourceUNESCO World Heritage Centre: Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
UNESCO World Heritage CentreOriginated In: Mongolia, Record textQuote, Originated In: Mongolia, Record text
On 16 May 1995, the first President of Mongolia issued a new Decree “Supporting initiatives to revive the tradition of worshiping Bogd Khan Khairkhan, Burkhan Khaldun (Khan Khentii), and Otgontenger Mountains”.
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