Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia

Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia
Буддийская традиционная сангха России
PredecessorCentral Spiritual Board of Buddhists of the USSR
Formation1997 (1997)
HeadquartersIvolginsky Datsan
LeaderDamba Ayusheev
Websitewww.sangharussia.ru

Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia (Russian: Буддийская традиционная сангха России, romanizedBuddiyskaya traditsionnaya sangkha Rossii) is a Tibetan Buddhist centralized religious organization, which is the largest Tibetan Buddhist community in Buryatia and one of the largest in Russia. The center of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and the main residence of Pandito Khambo Lama is located in the Ivolginsky Datsan, Buryatia. The second residence of Pandito Khambo Lama is the Khambyn Sume Datsan in Ulan-Ude.