Buddhist temple "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista is the largest Buddhist temple not only on the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia, but in all of Europe. It is located in the city center, on the street Yuri Klykova.

The church was erected on the site formerly occupied the plant is JBK with the blessing of the Dalai Lama. Total for 9 months of the builders and architects have managed not only to build the temple, but also to create its interior. The grand opening and consecration of a Buddhist khurul held on December 27, 2005. The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the Orthodox and Buddhist clergy, Kalmyk leadership and foreign guests.

The total height of the building of the temple is 56 m. It is the biggest in the country and Europe, the twelve-Buddha statue. Khurul is a magnificent building, which committed prayers, festive worship and rituals. Along the perimeter of the building of the Buddhist temple surrounded by a fence with alternating colors of white stupas. Just around the monastery has 108 stupas. The monastery was made in the form of a mandala. The fence khurul has four inputs - from all corners of the world. The main building of the temple is surrounded by 17 pagodas with statues of Buddhist teachers of Nalanda monastery.

The central shrine city of Elista consists of seven levels. Each layer performs a specific function. The first level has a library, a museum with pictures and objects of Buddhism and a conference hall for 460 seats. On the second level there is a prayer hall with a statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, in which laid the sacred objects. The third level - is the administration and the individual reception room. Here it is receiving the faithful monks, astrologers and doctor of Tibetan medicine. On the fourth level there is a small conference room and the residence of the head of Kalmyk Buddhists Telo Tulku Rinpoche, and the fifth - the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV Tenzin Gyatso. The sixth level is represented by utility room. With regard to the seventh level, there is a room for meditation, it may only attend clerics.