According to legend, Genghis-khan was buried in a place which he himself pointed out, on the slope of one of the peaks of the mountain massif Burkhan-Khaldun - a sacred mountain of ancient Mongols. This mountain once save young Temujin's life, hiding him in its inaccessible thickets and crevices; he always came here before portentous events for the support of the supreme deity of the Mongols, Eternal Blue Heaven, a deity living on mountain peaks, among holy springs. Three rivers originate here - Onon, Kerulen and Tuula.
"One day, hunting in these places, Genghis-Khan stopped to rest under the crown of a huge lone tree. Having spent some time there in a condition of semi-forgetfulness, then he got up and said that he would like to be buried precisely there when he dies," - states the legend.
