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Provincial capital of Dornogovi Province, Mongolia
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Sainshand is the capital of Dornogovi province. It is 463 km from Ulaanbaatar city.
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The Noyon Khutagt Danzanravjaa (1803-56), a well known Mongolian writer, composer, painter and medic, was born about 100 km southwest of Sainshand. The museum has a collection of gifts presented to Danzanravjaa by Chinese and Tibetan leaders, costumes used in his plays, Buddhist statues presented to him by the 10th Dalai Lama, and some of his paintings. He was also very interested in traditional medicine, so the museum has a collection of herbs.
Museum is dedicated to exhibiting various Mongolian cultural artifacts
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Trains departing from Sainshand go either south to Zamiin-Uud or north to Ulaanbaatar.
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