young novices, Gombo, and thus survived the destruction of the monastery. Restoration After the 1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia, the surviving novices returned to Shankh and began restoration efforts on the main temple. In 1993, the 14th Dalai Lama sent three monks to Shankh as part of efforts to agton cultivate Buddhism to the country. Notes 1647 establishments in Asia Religious organizations established in the 1640s Gelug monasteries and temples Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia