The Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume ("The Golden Abode of the Buddha Sakyamuni", Kalmyk: Бурхн Багшин алтн сүм, romanized: Burxn Bagşin altn süm, [burˈxən baxˈʃin aɫˈtən syˈmə]; Russian: Золотая обитель Будды Шакьямуни, romanized: Zolotaya obitel Buddy Shakyamuni) is a Gelug Buddhist monastery in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation.

[5] The 14th Dalai Lama blessed the site of the future temple just before he left Elista during his November 2004 visit to the Republic and gave it its name on March 11, 2006.

[10] During the opening ceremony, the president of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov dedicated the monastery to Kalmyks who died during and after their sudden and forced exile to Siberia.

The date corresponded with Zul-Khural [ru], the Kalmyk New Year (similar to Galdan Namchot), and the anniversary of the 1943 deportations (December 27, 1943).

[5][11] Along the perimeter, the monastery (Kalmyk: хурул, romanized: khurul) is surrounded by a fence with white suburgans alternating every five meters.

On the main square of the monastery complex, along the axis of the southern entrance, there is a statue of the White Elder Tsagan Aav (Kalmyk: Цаһан өвгн).

Sacred objects are laid inside the statue — mantras, incense, valuables, handfuls of earth from all regions of the republic, and plants and cereals growing on the territory of Kalmykia.

The Republic of Kalmykia, where the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume is located, is one of Russia's hottest places and is holding the countrywide heat record of 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) on July 12, 2010.