Foundation for the Construction of the Monastery in Lumbini, Nepal
The new monastery will be constructed to the design of the
St. Petersburg Buddhist monastery, the Datsan Gunzechoinei, in collaboration with the Government of Nepal
St. Petersburg Buddhist monastery, the Datsan Gunzechoinei, in collaboration with the Government of Nepal
Our goal
The goal of the Fund is to assist in the building of a monastery in the community of Lumbini, Nepal, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha and founder of Buddhism. With a view to reaching the stated goal, the Fund undertakes the following action:
Assistance in the building up of a financial basis for the construction of the monastery in Lumbini, Nepal
Activities and events aimed at raising the public awareness of the cultural aspects of Buddhism and the cultural mission of the monastery in Lumbini, Nepal
Updating the public on the construction progress of the monastery in Lumbini, Nepal
Dmitri Valentinovich Morozov
Founder of the Foundation for the Construction of the Monastery in Lumbini
Russian public figure and entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of BIOCAD biotech company
Construction in progress
- 01.12.2025Preparation are underway to start granite wall cladding/ scaffolding installation is nearly finished
- 05.08.2025Setting up scaffolding to start work in the main building
- 04.06.2025Monastery construction site. View from the northeast
- 25.05.2025Construction site cleaning was completed following the installation of all concrete structures and brick walls. The photo shows a view of the future altar from the main prayer hall.
- 22.02.2025View of the temple under construction
- 21.02.2025Work on the installation of the arched vault of the roof of the tower has been completed
- 13.02.2025LDT management within the framework of the temple construction site inspection
- 11.02.2025The formwork of the stupa above the engineering building was dismantled
- 30.01.2025Works on erection of the tower
- 26.12.2024View of the temple from the side of the pond
- 24.12.2024Work on marking the brick walls of the third floor
- 03.12.2024The outer walls of the temple are raised to the full height of the main prayer hall
- 27.11.2024Formwork fitting for pouring the stupa over the engineering building
- 27.11.2024Work on the exterior walls of the temple continues. The photo shows the western wall
- 20.11.2024Reinforced concrete slab of the temple roof poured
- 17.11.2024The masonry of the entrance walls of the temple continues. The photo shows the view from the main prayer hall towards the entrance
- 29.10.2024Brick works are fully completed on the lama dormitory
- 26.10.2024Final works on masonry walls and partitions of the dormitory for lamas
- 25.09.2024Work continues on the masonry walls of the temple. The photo shows the view from the main prayer hall towards the altar
- 04.09.2024Photo of the temple under construction from the north-west side
- 27.08.2024Final stage of installation of brickwork under the roof of the engineering building
- 17.08.2024Pouring of concrete roof of the dormitory completed
- 01.08.2024Installation of the space frame for the formwork for the roof of the temple
- 26.07.2024Works on masonry walls of the main prayer hall of Datsan Gunzechoinei in Lumbini started
- 20.07.2024The installation of the concrete roof of the lamas dormitory has been completed
- 19.07.2024Pouring the walls of the temple to the level of the future roof
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- 12.07.2024Installation of roof formwork of the engineering building
- 28.06.2024Work has begun on constructing the walls of the lamas' dormitory
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- 18.06.2024Work on reinforcing the ceiling above the prayer hall of the temple continues
- 18.06.2024Work on pouring the roof of the engineering building was completed.
- 15.06.2024The formwork of the decorative elements of the entrance group was dismantled
- 10.06.2024Kundeling Rinpoche gave good wishes for the construction of a temple in Lumbini
- 22.05.2024Work on installing the roof of the engineering building has begun
- 19.05.2024Preparation for pouring concrete for the ceiling above the first floor of the dormitory
- 17.05.2024The work on laying the brick walls of the ground floor has been completed
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- 04.05.2024Morozov D. V. and Nekrasov M.S. visited the construction site
- 10.04.2024Start of laying brick walls
- 25.02.2024The floor slab above the basement has been poured
- 22.01.2024Project meeting in Datsan with the participation of Mikhail Nekrasov and ROO OSDN
- 03.01.2024The foundation of the temple has been poured
- 12.11.2023The ritual of laying the first stone is Bumba or “Sabdag Dotig, Sachod Salan”
- 13.09.2023The first of 120 piles at the base of the temple has been poured
- 07.08.2023Construction of a crushed stone foundation for a construction site
- 10.07.2023Start of construction work
- 06.06.2023The design documentation for the construction of the temple in Lumbini was approved for the execution of work by letter
THE BUDDHIST MONASTERY OF ST. PETERSBURG WAS BUILT IN 1909–1915 AT THE INITIATIVE OF AGVAN LOBSAN DORZHIEV, A BURYAT LAMA AND SCIENTIST (1853/54–1938)
THE DATSAN GUNZECHOINEI
The monastery was consecrated on 10 August 1915 and received the Tibetan name of Kun la brtse mdzad thub dbang mchhos 'byung ba'i gnas, which means 'The Source of the Sacred Teaching of the All-Compassionate Lord and Hermit'
Foundation Board Members:
Dmitry Valentinovich Morozov,
Maria Alekseevna Kartysheva,
Ekaterina Alekseevna Knyazeva.
General and organizational issues:
Karelin Alexander Vladimirovich,
info@datsanfund.org, (+7911080 35 83)
Documentation of the Fund
©Foundation for the Construction of the Monastery in Lumbini
The Fund is a Russian unitary nonprofit organisation officially registered on 5 June 2019
Main Reg. No.: 1197800002608, INN: 7841084940, KPP: 784101001