Noyon Khutagt Danzanluvsantudev

The ninth incarnation of the Noyon Khutagt was born in 1984 to a herder family in the Khövsgöl sum of Dornogovi Province.

[1] In 1994, when he was 10 years old, he became a disciple of Jigmed-Osor Gavji, a senior local monk who had helped rebuild the Ulgin Monastery (Mongolian: Өлгийн хийд) in Dornogovi, and started his dharma education.

[3] He studied under Geshe Losang and received Getsul vows in December, 2003.

[citation needed] When the Dalai Lama recognized him as the Ninth Noyon Khutagt on 29 December 2012, he was acting as chief monk for reviving and rebuilding Khamar Monastery's dharma activities and temples.

[2] As of October 2016[update], the Ninth Noyon Khutagt was studying at Drepung Gomang Monastic University.