On the mountain Kachkanar on the border of the Perm Territory and the Sverdlovsk region is the only Buddhist monastery in the Urals.

The history of Buddhism in the Urals has no longer one hundred years, but during the Soviet Union Buddhism, like many other religions, went to the underground, and by the time the collapse of the USSR completely disappeared. Buddhism in the Urals began to spread only in 1995, when the former Military Mikhail Sannikov was trained in Buddhist culture in Buryatia and Mongolia, having received the new name Sanier Tendzin, and decided to start building the monastery of TCUP Ling and the complex of sacred stars on Mount Kachkanar . The name in translation means "practice and implementation".

To date, about 10 novices and Lama himself live in the monastery. In addition, people constantly come to him who help in the construction of the monastery and simply for several days to live in nature or in meditation.

While the monastery cannot be called full - so far he is in the active phase of construction, and there is no division into male and women's premises, as there is no separate room for laity - although it should be on the canons. Even for obtaining the status of "Monastery", it is necessary that four fully dedicated monks constantly lived in it, whereas today one in the monastery is one - Lama docked, but novices are also constantly studying and traveling on.

You can get to the monastery from the village of Spicy, which is located at the foot of the mountain. Previously, the guests climbed the short way near the career owned by the international mining company "Evraz", but now the company fully bought the entire territory of the mountain, closed access and put PPC. The monastery is negotiating with the authorities and the Directorate of the Company so that they are allowed to remain, but so far it has not led to anything. Therefore, the rise comes from the village. But if they decided to rise through the checkpoint, we advise you to bypass the booth through the forest. But then you will raise the short road enough and you can look at a huge quarry.

When lifting along the trail from the village of Spicy there is one unwashed rule - somewhere in the middle of the rise is a huge bunch of boards. You will be very grateful if everyone takes it up with you on one side - because the monastery is constantly being built. Recently, a large room for guests / dining room was completed.

The origin of the heap of boards in the middle of the forest is a separate story. A few years ago, the territory of Mount Kachkanar also chose the ROC, which decided to build his church, 100 meters from the monastery. But this idea was not realized - the regional authorities supported the monastery that he first took this territory, and when the builders learned that they would have to raise the heaps of boots (there were practically no roads there - only a trail or winter on a snowmobile), they threw the boards In the middle of the forest and gone.

The monastery has everything that it needs its inhabitants for normal life - starting with an electric generator and stoves for winter, ending with riding dogs, goats and snowmobiles. But still, before you come to them, it is best to write in

Kachkanar Mountain - one of highest vertices Urals - 887.6m. It is the only Buddhist monastery in the Urals of the Buddhist Monastery Shad TCUP Ling. There are also several cute rocks, the most famous of which is "camel".

The path to the monastery is described in detail on its website and group VKontakte (links at the end of the post). In short, from the city you need to get to the CPP of Western Career. From there, 8 kilometers in the mountain, a set of height approximately 550m. The road is wide, stony, to the main landmark - a tree with ribbons. From there, it begins the coolest rise in a slushful path. But how beautiful this path is beautiful! Just a fairy tale! Mixed forest, stones, frozen moss and lingonberries, air, as they say, even a spoon eat!
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04) In a pair of meters away from the path in a few seconds, I scored a handful of delicious lingonberries

I got to the monastery at 21 o'clock, at sunset.
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I was welcomed with me, offered to wash the bath, treated with tea and improvised cake.
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The main room where the inhabitants of the monastery spend time - the dining room, there and trapes, and take guests, and sleep.
I really liked the calm atmosphere, reigned in the monastery: everyone sit on the floor, drink tea, someone reads, someone just sits, everyone speaks little and quietly.
When the postback came on the schedule, we removed the tables, laid down sleeping bags and went to bed. The whole day I spent in the monastery.

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Buddhist monastery Shad TCUP Ling (Tib. "Place of practice and implementation") founded by Mikhail Vasilyevich Sannikov born in 1961. After serving in Afghanistan, he studied at the Buddhist Institute at (Buryatia), practiced in Dácans in Mongolia and Tuva. He then received a dedication to Lama and on May 15, 1995, he arrived at Mount Kachkanar to begin to build a monastery, the exact location of which was indicated by his teacher Phama Dzhang (Darma Dodi Plentaraev, 1904-1997). The first two years Lama Sanya Tenzin dochest erected the walls of the monastery alone: \u200b\u200bfor this he is torn off fires between the rocks, scrap and sledgehammed stones and clay - the main building material. Over time, volunteers began to join the construction, and now there are several permanent inhabitants in the monastery, there are already quite a few buildings in the territory, there are water (from the reservoirs located above), electricity (generator + solar panels) and gas. But there is still a lot of work - after all, the construction plan is designed for 300 years.
A lot of tourists come to the monastery - who is just attempting, and who is to participate in construction.
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In the morning I got up at 7, there was buckwheat with vegetables for breakfast. Before the meal of prayer, then each of its plates shifts a bit into the Iron Bowl, transmitted in a circle. At first I thought it was some kind of religious ritual, but it turned out that everything is discarded to feed the little affectionate cat inhabiting here, which constantly flashes you and urchit, as soon as he sees that you sat down or lean. Also in a separate avoller there are several dogs of the same breed.
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After breakfast, Lama docked the duty for work for the day. At first we dragged sand bags in the company PSA Batista. Then, with Dima, who lives here more than 5 years, he drove to the roof of the Woller, where the dog was fussed right below us and her puppies were singing. The weather was constantly changing: when it was raining or hail, we did tea break.
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After lunch, I rose above the grief to look at the rocks.
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After I, confess, a little disgusted the mountains below 1500m. But in the Urals, I realized that the height does not have absolutely no meaning. Stunning views, huge, millennial rocks, thick vegetation, thick vegetation ... Here, I fell in love with the Ural Mountains.
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Unfortunately, it was not possible to enjoy loneliness, because In the afternoon, a burning shkolota was scrupped on the mountain.
In the evening we picked the cliffs, and then spitched the stupa parish. Before dinner, they went to the bath, where the fir-firing broom was fine.
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In the morning, after breakfast, Lama knocked back to the Kachkanar on the Quadrocycle.

In general, this can be called monastery yet conditionally - the main part of the inhabitants practitioners of the laity, and not the monks. Nevertheless, a very pleasant place, I rested the soul. If it turns out, I will definitely come here for a longer period.

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60 years ago on the outskirts of the Sverdlovsk region, around the deposits of iron ore, the city of Kachkanar and his mining and processing plant arose. In the mid-90s in mountain forests, just a few kilometers from the career, a graduate of the Buryat datsana founded the Buddhist monastery, the construction of which continues until now. A few years ago, the plant (owned by the GC "Evraz", 31% of whose shares owns Roman Abramovich), announced a new development zone, the monastery falls in its border. So the interests of the Buddhist community and the metallurgical corporation crossed - and according to the law should not be resolved in favor of the monastery. As long as Buddhists argue with the Combine authorities and the bailiffs, life continues on the top of the mountain.

During the year, the photographer The Village Anna Markchenova fixed how the TCUP Ling Ling lives, and who finds the refuge there, where the temperature in the winter falls to minus 40. We are telling the stories of people that build a Buddhist monastery on the outskirts of the Urals.

Doctoches and his top

In Russia, Buddhism is the traditional religion of three peoples - Buryat, Tuvintsev and Kalmykov. All of them profess Tibetan, or Northern, Buddhism, and the chief buddhist center of the country is located in Ulan-Ude. In the same place, at the Ivolginsky Dacan, the Buddhist University has been working and the residence of the main Buddhist of Russia is located. Every year, two dozen novices - Huvarakov are gaining at the university, and for five years they explore Buddhist philosophy, Eastern medicine, tantrician and meditation techniques, Buryat and Tibetan languages. As in the university's secular university, graduates receive diplomas about higher education, and even religious ranks: men become lamas, women - Handamami.

Now in Russia a little more than half a million practitioners of Buddhists, monasteries and temples work in Kalmykia, Buryatia, Tuva, Irkutsk, the Trans-Baikal Territory, Moscow and St. Petersburg. The only monastery in the Urals, where Buddhist religion has never been traditional, in the spring of 1995 began to build a former military sniper Mikhail Sannikov.

In 1981, he sent to serve in Afghanistan, where he destroyed the caravans with a weapon from Pakistan. After the service, in the early 90s, Mikhail entered the Tantric Faculty of the Institute at the Ivolginsky Dácane, from where it came out with a new name - now Lama name is Sanya Tenzin. Teacher, PEMA DZHANG, instructed the doctor to build a monastery in the Urals - and chose his place himself. In 1995, Lama climbed to Mount Kachkanar, and on a draw earth, not far from the local Gok, began to build a Buddhist center. The future monastery at the Ural height of 887 meters did not tell the TCUP Ling Chad, or the "Place of Practice and Implementation".

Stupa among the snow

At the top of Lama, the first house was built: a metering bony bony, colole their sledgehammer, conducted electricity, built a lift for heavy loads on a steep slope. Here he led the first students - after 22 years, they turned the wild mountain plateau in the Buddhist complex of several residential rooms, yoga rooms, libraries, workshops, warehouses and ritual premises.

There is no monastery itself on the territory of the complex, but there are already cult facilities - Buddhist stups. On a patch between the cliffs, members of the community built a large and small wake-up stupets, the stupets of Parisy, laid the base of the stupas of the convergence from the heaven of the steastitis. In total, the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism are eight types of stories associated with different stages of the life of the Buddha. They differ in architectural details in the middle part: Stupa Parinirvana has the shape of the bell and symbolizes the perfect wisdom of the Buddha, the stump of convergence is characterized by a large number of steps. It is the stupas that are not illusturiously protecting the TCUP Ling SHD, because they are objects of cultural heritage.

Constantly on top of the Kachkanar remains only to do with a couple of his followers. In the summer, 13-15 people live in a small community, in winter - twice as fewer. Persons change, as well as the reason for which people turn out to be here. Students in academic leave and search for themselves, former military and beginner buddists rose to the top. The way to the top begins at the western passage of the plant - the parties observe silent neutrality, and therefore the path takes a few meters to the forest to the left of the checkpoint. In the summer, there are six kilometers on gravel, two more - on the roots of mountain pines, MSh and Kurumnik; In winter, on a holing path, it is still faster. Kachkanar, where 40 thousand miners live, remain far below. Almost 300 kilometers to the West is Ekaterinburg.

Members of the community lead the logbook in LJ and page "VKontakte", respond to a common mobile. The log is recorded by the work done for the day, the names of living here are constantly, the number of tourists who came to the last days. There they also leave notes for those who are going upstairs and want to help the monastery, "they ask for carrots and cereals, salt, matches, light building materials like a self-adhesive film. Occasionally in social networks declare fees on something large, like solar batteries.

Danil

Seven years ago Danil drove 500 kilometers on a bike to get to Kachkanar. He is the most senior student of Lama and never communicates with tourists. Since he appeared on top, a lot has changed here.

"In my youth, I wanted to get rich and began to play on the stock exchange, engaged in online trading. He liked to analyze financial processes, adored adrenaline. I dreamed of earning a lot of money, go somewhere to the sea, sit behind a laptop, drink juice, and in the evening go to the teacher and talk about the meaning of life.

Once I was sitting at the computer and realized that stupid. God, I am 30 years old, I will see the monitor for another 10-20 years - and nothing will change. I started looking for someone who inspired me on the Internet, and stumbled upon the biography of Lama Docking. I sat on a bike and drove.

Seven years ago, I didn't know about Buddhism. It was difficult for me to take this worldview, I did not want to agree that the essence of life in suffering. He said that he was happy - I was afraid that if I receive, I really would suffer.

Over the years, I became another person, became sad, probably. Previously, it was so pleased with hiking of clubs, alcohol, girls and purchases, who talked about high status - and now I realized that it makes no sense to chase it, because there will always be little. I destroyed everything that I was pleased before, but I did not find what I would please now. And I'm going to go further: take the monastic vow and go to Mongolia or India to continue searching. "

SHD TCUP Ling without monks

All 20 years old Lama does not build a monastery with his own hands and accepts new followers, which teaches Buddhist practice and diligent labor. But while construction continues on top of the mountain, the community remains worldly - Buddhist monks is forbidden to engage in physical labor. If each of those who roll a stone or grows vegetables in the garden between the rocks, will become a monk - life in the TCP Ling Linga will stop. And while there are no monks to the top, the "place of practice and implementation" can not be called a monastery.

There is almost army routine in the community. Life is burning in a narrow room with a stove and linoleum. In the afternoon, duty in the kitchen are preparing a simple soup of cereals and carrots here, and in the evening, in the room, the studs of Lama pupils spread the tourist foams and sleeping bags to climb exactly six and run the budnite inclination from meditation and work. To stay in the monastery, you only need to ask the permission from the dock and be prepared for severe physical work. In the season of construction, work on top lasts up to eight in the evening - with breaks in Buddhist practices, lunch and dinner. Twice a week, they are drunk here, on weekends there are groups of tourists who sleep ahead with novices or in the tents, which are gone from monastic housing.

The usual morning in August, when on top already boils: after two hours of practice, the girl breaks the ice on a small pond and draw the water to cook breakfast and tea. In the house for yoga novices crushed moss, trying not to damage the disputes. They are needed in order to sprinkle with them a five-meter dragon sculpture collected from moss and a polymer mesh. In the spring dragon green. For the summer, novices built a gym, installed solar batteries and built the statue of the Buddha above the reliquer, where monastic shrines are stored. In the last days of August, men cover a statue of white paint.

By November, the construction season ends, and students who have decided to fall on the mountain, drown snow and ice, getting water, care for chickens and cows, prepare food for dogs, guarding the approaches to the monastery, stitching firewood and collect a twig. Girls are engaged in sewing and eyebuction: each Buddhist community has its own secret recipe - in the TCUP Ling Talk, for example, love Ivan tea. Becomes less tourists; In winter, novices devote themselves to practice and prayers.

The travelers come and go - someone stays for a week, someone for six months. Satim lived the longest here, for several years on top, she sewed thousands of colored flags, patchwork blankets and light fleece costumes for students. Now satima is being trained in India, in the spring to become the first nun from the top of the Kachkanar.

Wishing to learn Buddhism Lama teaches under the program "Opening of Buddhism". The student writes a statement, and three months remains under the closer look of Lama, strictly observing the rules of the community. After it is customary to ask for a doctor's refuge and fulfill 111 thousand stretches - Buddhist practices, which should help the student to clear itself from vice and develop virtues in itself. In the TCUP Ling Ling, the stretch is performed on special planks, putting gloves: the one who commits a rite falls on a skip, and after rises and gets his legs there, where he had just been his face. A hundred thousand stretches takes weeks and months, after which the conversation with Lama. And if he doesn't think that the student did not fully cleanse the mind, he continues to work on himself in a special house for shutters, reading mantras alone and receiving food from other members of the community. After the conversation is repeated.

Maxim

Big, bearded and smiling guy first does not want to tell why he is in the monastery. "You see, I had problems. But it is not important. The main thing is that everything is fine now, "he says and goes to clean the snow. The next time he is solved on a conversation in the workshop, where he worked all day.

"Life went to Kwyrkom after the army. I served the last two years and agreed to the service under the contract, signed a report. Was september 2004. The next day I was taken to the liberation of the school in Beslan.

Those who passed through the terrorist attack, protecting hostages, do not have any psychological assistance. But with these memories it was necessary to do something. I needed to calm down. I started with heroin and tried all the available drugs. After three years, the service returned to his native Kachkanar drug addict.

Dependence made me cruel. This is understandable in war: you will not kill you - you will kill you. But after returning people did not consider people for people. Parents perceived as a source of money, and strangers who gave me rudeness, - silently beat to death. They were taken to intensive care, and I wrote a statement. Then everything was repeated again.

Once I left the house and realized that there was nowhere to fall. Here, in Kachkanar, everyone knows about the monastery, and I went to the mountain from hopelessness. When I told about all the lame dock, he replied that he would think that could be done. And silently gave work, like everyone who decides to stay. So, while I worked, I was as if deployed 180 degrees. He could not get drugs - got rid of dependence, and suddenly began to communicate with people. I still have it strange that mom again speaks with me a loving voice - as if I am in my childhood, and she puts me to sleep.

Valya does not answer Lama, thought. The shaft 31 was born in Perm, worked in Moscow an accountant. Almost all adult life is psoriasis.

"Previously, the rashes were all over the face. I blended to go to the people: ugly, not east of it, and forever everyone sticks with questionings. Psoriasis appeared when I was knightened with my parents and left home. They say, a genetic predisposition is to blame, but nobody sick in my family. Not lucky to me.

In Moscow, I terribly worked hard. The routine was so tired that I drove out of the rented apartment, distributed all things and went to travel - I wanted to find a medicine from psoriasis. Two years lived in India. Salted water and the sun gave a cosmetic effect, the disease went inside, but did not disappear. When I returned to Russia, exacerbations began again. Here, on Mount, I want to cure my head, because any disease is psychosomatics. Here I swear myself - and will give it to others.

I came here in a deep depression, and now no worms climb. It is too beautiful for heavy thoughts: I go out into the courtyard, I look around, and happiness is excavated. "

Dog marks - Caravan goes

The last two years the monastery is under threat of demolition. In the depths of the mountain, on which it is located, - the deposits of Titanagnetite ore. In eight kilometers down, the explosions will rattle every day: after a ten-minute siren, two short signals sound, and clouds of crushed rock are rising. When the Western Career resource is exhausted, Eurasus will need a new field - the very thing next to the Buddhist stupas of the monastery of Shad Tchup Ling is. The complex falls into the sanitary protection zone of the new career, where any construction is prohibited.

Mikhail Sannikov began construction illegally, and therefore the enterprise has the right to drive out of unandoned guests from its territory. Lama docked more than once tried to legalize his buildings, negotiating with the administration of the city and the plant, but in February 2017, the bailiff service issued a decision on the demolition of the monastery. Then the Buddhists have encouraged the power and social activists, including the musician Boris Grebenshchikov, and the bailiffs because of the blurred road could not give a decision of Lama. It turns out that it was hardly that the construction equipment required for demolition was unlikely to rise to the top. Question is hung in the air, and life on the mountain continues.

From time to time in conflict, a new turn happens. For example, a month ago, the State Duma deputy Andrei Alshevsky filed a request to the administration of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region about how the conservation group works. In response from the administration sent a letter with the results of the examination, which was held by St. Petersburg state Museum religion. They said that a religious organization on top of the brainer is illegitimate, because it does not have a charter, and can not be considered as a monastery, because it does not have the necessary number of monks.

In response to the results of the examination, residents of the TCUP Ling shade shrug. After the news about the examination, they contacted the Museum's Chief Specialist, and it turned out that the specialist knows about the study. In the spring of India will return the first nun of the monastery, satima, and after the other. The dog will bark, and caravan - go.

Mount Kachkanar Located near the city of the same name in the Sverdlovsk region, approximately 260 kilometers from Yekaterinburg.

Kachkanar - one of the most high mountains Middle Urals, reaching a height of 887.6 meters above sea level. Folded by mountain rocks with gabbro, peridotitis and pyroxenites.

Toponymists believe that the name of the mountain occurred from the Turkic words "pitching" - bald and "Nar" - camel.

The boundary of two parts of light - Europe and Asia, as well as two regions - the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm Territory passes near the mountain. Mountains were located gold and platinum peasants.

First scientific description Kachkanar Mountains completed the Urals traveled in 1770 academician P.S. Pallas. In the book "Journey to different provinces of the Russian Empire" (1786). Vogulu showed Pallasa two mines where magnetic Zheleznyak was previously mined.

In the 1860s, the Kachkanarsky array studied the famous geologist A.P. Karpins , later led by the Academy of Sciences.

In 1957, the foot of the mountain began construction Kachkanar mining and processing plantSoon, one of the youngest cities of the Sverdlovsk region grew up here - kachkanar city.

Currently, the development of titanagnetite ores of Mount Kachkanar continues, existing huge careers expand, new ones are planned.

Mount Kachkanar has two vertices - North and South. They are called "Northern Rog" and "Human Rog", respectively. Each of them is beautiful in its own way, each opens a magnificent view (while the city of Kachkanar is visible only from the southern vertex).

On the top of the mountain, the set of rocks of the bizarre form. Many of them have their own names. The most famous ass - rock camel.

In 1995, on the top of Mount Kachkanar was created buddhist monastery "Shad TCUP Ling" (Translated from Tibetan - place of practice and implementation). His founder is Mikhail Sannikov. The monastery has long turned into the main attraction of Kachkanar. To visit the only tourist Buddhist monastery in the Urals, a lot of tourists come, no one denied the monastery of the monastery. In the monastery there are two stups that are considered shrines.

However, very soon the monastery, built over many years with the hands of several enthusiasts, can be erased from the face of the earth. Evraz, who owns the Kachkanarsky GOK "Vanadium", demands to demolish "Self-abundant built buildings." On the side of the enterprise and the power of all levels.

Thus, instead of a monastery on this picturesque place, by 2015, another quarry should be formed by 2015 ... At the same time, destroying the only local attractions (Mountain and Monastery), the Kachkanar authorities talk about the grand planning plans for the development of tourism.

In general, I have time to visit the mountain Kachkanar and in the only Buddhist monastery in the Urals, until it is too late! ..

How to go to the mountain Kachkanar

1. Out to the foot of the Kachkanar Mountain

With the administrative area of \u200b\u200bKachkanar (see photo), on the street of Krylov (north) to the side of the bus station (200 m).

Kachkanar City Administration Building

Further on Krylov to the development of the western quarry - Valerianovsk. We head towards the Western career. We pass the peninsula with a profilatory " Green Cape"(Left) and go to the dam. Right railwayTo the left of the bay with the tower of the rising from the water. We pass the dam and on the left see the parking lot. At this, I consider the first stage.

2. Go to the southern vertex

The southern top of the Kachkanar mountain (yes, the mountain has two high dots, and the highest, north, from the city is not visible), although it is not the highest point, but it should be visited. The path there is not so told by tourists, like on the northern vertex. View of the city of Kachkanar is possible only from southern height. The rocks of the vertices are compact. The path of about 6 kilometers with a constant rise in the mountain. The slope is small, so overcoming one transition.

If you are on the car, then it will have to be left on the site. On the left we find the trail going along the shore and move along it. It is necessary to reach the old ski slopes (600 m). You can go along the coast, but it is better to pick up the mountain so that it is less than less crawled upwards. Lifting steep. Climbing on the very top, we go on the way to the left.

View from the old ski trail

Meters after 100 go on the road and go to the right, meters after 100 we turn left. We go on the forest road without turning anywhere. First, it is not important, the road gradually expands and becomes better. After about 3.5 kilometers, you must not miss the path to the top. The road in this place goes to the right, and the path goes straight. The beginning of the path (from 58g 44m 58s; in 59g 24m 52c) is usually marked with ribbons on trees. We go to the path and approximately after 15-20 minutes we go to the rocks of the arrays. It is better to remember or celebrate the path of the paths, so that when going back does not join around the neighborhood.

The rocks of the southern peak used to have plates with titles. Now only holes in the stone remained from the plates.

Views from Southern Top

3. Go to the mountain lake

Before the northern vertex, there is lake. Apparently they took ore samples and pulled the pit, which was subsequently filled with water. Near the lake can be parted on the halt or overnight. There is a brazier, gazebo.

Lake on the site of the former working

There is a road to the lake itself, but you can only drive on the car only by passing, as the road passes through the territory of Kachkanar Gok.

From the site (see paragraph 1) moving on the road. About 2 kilometers will be the post of protection of Kachkanarsky GOK. If you are by car, then boldly leave the car before post. Further go on foot. We reach the buildings and go to the left left. After 300 meters, on the left, there will be a passage on ski trail (See photo), but we go straight with a little deviation to the right.

Ski trail

Almost immediately will be the broad road to the right, but we do not need there, go straight to the mountain with a small bias. After turning to the left, the road will go up Western quarry.. There will be many tracks to the right. On them you can go to the edge of the pit and watch the work of the career.

Western quarry.

I will say right away that the Western career has viewpoint Which will be on the way. So we reached the turn of the road to the left (about 1 kilometer before it), we are there. But, if you go a little straight, there will be an observation deck of the Western career in the highest point.

Western Career Lookout

But back on the road. Distance OT observation deck Before the lake approximately 4 kilometers.

Road

A little no reaching the lake takes the beginning of the path to the Buddhist monastery.

The beginning of the path to the Buddhist monastery

4. We go from the mountain lake to the cliff camel and the top of the Kachkanar mountain

For a lift to the mountain, it is necessary to get around the lake (better to the left), along the trail to reach a lot and start climbing. After about 700-800 meters, rock rock outputs will begin and the playground with a gazebo appears. From the site you need to turn on the left path. Immediately make a reservation that if you go right, then the path will bring directly to the Buddhist monastery. But we go to the "camel", and I will tell about the monastery further. Passing through the rocks rock "Camel" Appears in all its glory.

Rock "Camel"

Looking at the panorama and climbing on the rock we go further to the top, which is already visible from the "camel".

View from "camel"

The top view on the top begins immediately for the "camel". Passing 10-15 minutes approach the top of the Kachkanar mountain with which the panorama opens to the north. SAMI high Point Marked with concrete design with a pipe. Right under the mountain is the village of Kosya, a little further, the building of the monastery is visible in the north-east.

Top Mount Kachkanar

View from the top to the villages of Spine and Ponf

View of the buildings of the monastery from the top of the Kachkanar Mountain

Rock Gagarin

5. Go from the mountain lake to the monastery Shad TCUP Ling

As I have already mentioned, the TCUP Ling Ling Monastery can be passed through the road leading to the top. But it is necessary to understand that the monastery is not just a landmark and just come to lay there is not welcome there. If you want you to pay attention to and spent a tour, and also treated with local tea, then such an event is better planning. The monastery is not taken with empty hands. Food is welcomed: sugar, tea, cookies, cereals, etc. Also near the start of the path in the monastery are building materials and if you capture bricks with you, boards, well, or what is still there, it will be good.

So, the beginning of the paths in the monastery TCUP Ling is not far from the lake along the way from Kachkanar. Skip this place will not work. Caps of building materials, old cars, a nameplate with a reminder "to a friend. You go to the monastery of capturing bricks, do not allow empty runs, "and also a sign for tourists pointing to that" camel "is not at all necessary to walk through the monastery.

After about a kilometer, a large glade will appear with a cable crossing, which is cast in building materials to the monastery.

Polyana with cable crossing

"Bulletin board" of the monastery

The monastery has two stupas, residential premises, a bath, a house for guests, a subsidiary farm. Permanent construction is underway.

M.V. Malakhov in the XIX century wrote about Kachkanar:

"I climbed the Kachkanar from the East, from where access is considered less convenient than from the West. Gone by Mount Spruce, which represents the Eastern Spur of Kachkanar and covered in fragments of rocks, very similar to the kitty for its general nature and content of magnetic ironcar, we began to climb the download . The whole rise is covered with boulders; their major weight consists of aggita grains with magnetic ironing residences. The first significant location of it was observed on the large terrace of the Mesh slope of the mountain in a typical coarse-grained Avgita breed. Joint finding iron and this breed, apparently not by chance What is confirmed by further observations. On the entire rise to the northern vertex, the magnetic Zheleznyak met at every step, but in small only streants, as well as on the northern top of the top. Going from here on the slope of the top of Kachkanar, you have to go down to the brand separating Both vertices. Further signs of magnetic ironing disappear and cut Ko appears again in the extensive placer of the magnetic Zheleznyak, located at the sole of the Kachkanar. "

A trip to Kachkanar can be combined with a visit to the mountain of the cap.