Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov
Этигэлэй Дашадоржо
12th Pandito Khambo Lama
In office
1911–1917
Preceded byChoynzon-Dorzho Iroltuyev
Succeeded byTsybikzhap-Namzhil Laydanov
Personal life
Born(1852-05-13)13 May 1852
Ulzy Dobo, Russian Empire (now Buryatia, Russia)
Died15 June 1927(1927-06-15) (aged 75)
Religious life
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
TempleYangazhin Datsan
SchoolGelug

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, also transcribed at Etigelov or Itigelov, (13 May 1852 – 15 June 1927) was a Buryat Buddhist lama and the 12th Pandito Khambo Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

After Itigilov's death in 1927, his body was exhumed and reburied in 1955 and again in 1972, showing an intact body. In 2002, the body was exhumed for a final time, receiving scientific and media attention for its well preserved state. Itigilov's body is currently kept in a glass case in a temple at the Ivolginsky datsan in Buryatia, 23 km from Ulan-Ude, where it has become a place of pilgrimage.