 Gelenkhüü was born around 1877 in the Sain Noyon Khan Aimag's Dalai Choinkhor Khoshuu, in what belongs today to Jargalant sum in Khövsgöl aimag.He is said to have been a lively and bright kid.Spending some years as a novice in a local monastery, he seems to have developed technical and creative attempts early on.