The 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Agwaanluvsanchoijinyamdanzanwanchigbalsambuu

The 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Agwaanluvsanchoijinyamdanzanwanchigbalsambuu was born in the family of a Tibetan official, father Gonchigtseren, an accountant at the 12th Dalai Lama's court, near Lhasa in 1869. In 1871, he was recognized as the incarnation of the 7th Bogd Jebtsundamba and the spiritual leader of Gelugpa (Yellow- Hat) Buddhism of Khalkha Mongolia. In 1874, at the age of 5, he was proclaimed as Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the spiritual leader of Khalkha Mongolia. The 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu led the revolution to abolish the oppression of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restored the independence and sovereignty of Mongolia. As a result, on December 29, 1911, the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu was proclaimed as the theocratic monarch, Sun-Radiant, Myriad-Aged Bogd Khaan of Mongolia. After the People’s Revolution in 1921, he served as the Khaan with a limited monarchy in charge of religious affairs, until his death in 1924. Here is a demonstration of what the Bogd Khaan used.