Today in Tuva 70th anniversary of the head in the buddhist hierachy, Dalai-lama the 14th is celebrated. Religeous rituals, devoted to the long-life of His Holiness, take place in all the lamaseries of the republic, alonside with concerts and sports events. Dalai-Lama visited Tuva in 1992. During that visit he sanctified a number of places which were to turn later on into buddhist monasteries. Among them were ruines of the Ustuu-Khuree lamasery, a unique temple destroyed in the 30-ties of the last century, which is now under reconstruction.