A program for life-extension rituals (nas utdullhn) in anticipation of the Zul holiday has been drawn up at the central temple “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni” in Elista, the first deputy head of the Department of Culture and Tourism announced today.

Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni (more…)

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, in the exotic southern city of Elista, the capital of the mysterious republic of Kalmykia, a concert by Mazan Poshtarov will take place in the central building of the A.N. Mandzhiev Kalmyk State Philharmonic, a source in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia reported today.

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The III International Buddhist Forum will be held in September 2025 in the cozy southern city of Elista, the capital of the mysterious Kalmykia.

Delegations from India, Mongolia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries where Buddhism is widespread will come to the blessed city of Elista. (more…)

Forum dates: September 25-28, 2025

Venue: South of Russia, Republic of Kalmykia, Elista-city

International Buddhist Forum Program

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February 6, 2025 at 18.30 soloists and creative teams of the Kalmyk State Philharmonic named after A.N.Mandzhiev invite you, our dear audience, to Elista – to the project Creative Seasons “Seasons. Winter”, it was reported in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia.

We want to remember (more…)

Public hearings of the draft law “On the republican budget for 2023 and planning period of 2024 and 2025” were held in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia. (more…)

Batu Khasikov, head of the Republic of Kalmykia, reported that the construction of an inter-settlement gas pipeline started in the Oktyabrsky and Beloozerny settlements of the Yustinsky District of Kalmykia. Works on the objects (more…)

Zul celebrations – Kalmykian New Year!

Zul celebration day in 2025: December, 14.

Kalmykian New Year Zul celebrates as one the most important events in the Buddhist history – achieving Parinirvana by the founder of the Gelug school Lama Zonkava. Kalmyks treat this person in a special way.

Supreme Lamas often say, that Kalmyks have a strong inseparable connection with Lama Zonkava, which (more…)