Shadzhin Lama was awarded the medal in honor of the 20-anniversary revival of the Cos

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Shadzhin Lama was awarded the medal in honor of the 20-anniversary revival of the Cossacks in Kalmykia

February 1, 2010

Shadzhin Lama of Kalmykia Telo Tulku Rinpoche was awarded a commemorative medal issued to honor the 20 anniversary of the revival of the Cossacks in the Republic of Kalmykia. "Telo Tulku Rinpoche is the successor of a Cossack family, his grandfather Toku Dokuginov was the Don Cossacks, comes from Sal district," - said the Cossack chieftain Kalmyk County troop of Cossack society "Vsevelikoe host Don" Erdni Manzhikov, presented the award to Buddhist spiritual leader of the republic.

At the commemorative medals are a few images - a flag of Kalmykia, a horseman, an Orthodox cross and a Buddhist symbol, the neighborhood which is friendship and harmony between the two religions, the bowl - the personification of the fullness of life and well-being, crossed swords - the unity of the spirit of peoples, members of the Cossack army, against the background Buddhist Hudack.

"We strongly revive the Cossacks, and all our activities sponsored Shadzhin Lama and the Archbishop of Elista Kalmyk and Zosima traditionally begin with the reading of prayers - Buddhist and Orthodox", - said Erdni Manzhikov.

During the meeting with the chieftain Telo Tulku Rinpoche promised to help society "Vsevelikoe Army of the Don" in his return from America in Kalmykia, the relics of the Cossacks, which will be stored in the newly established Museum of the History of the Cossacks.