Lodrö Chökyi Nyima is a Tibetan tulku. He was recognized as the 4th reincarnation of the Jamgon Kongtrul in August 1996 by Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, who gave the name Jamgon Lodro Chokyi Nyima Dronme Chok Thamced Le Nampar Gyalwe De. He was born on November26, 1995 in Chushur Dzong, near Chushur Dzong, in Central Tibet. This recognition was confirmed by the

14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

, Sakya Trizin, the head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, and Mindroling Trichen, the now deceased head of the Nyingma tradition. All three performed hair-cutting ceremonies and bestowed names, as is traditional. As the reincarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul, Lodrö is entitled to be styled " Rinpoche". His parents brought him to India from Tibet in 1997 when he was only two years old, because they feared "political misconceptions of the Chinese Government" after the

officially recognized him as the 4th reincarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul. He was supported by the monks of the monastery of

Rumtek Rumtek Monastery (), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat-in-exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal po ...

in Sikkim and adopted by a couple of Tibetan origin living nearby, with the agreement of the Central Tibetan Administration. Since then, he has lived in India as an Indian citizen. A passport was granted to him in 2006, allowing his travel to the United States that year. However, in 2007, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs sent a letter to the child and to his adoptive mother Kunzang L Chungyalpa, informing them that the passport was revoked because he had entered illegally in India, challenging his Indian citizenship. In late October 2013, the Delhi High Court issued a notice until the next hearing date in December, opposing Lodrö's expulsion to Tibet, in China, where his life is threatened.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lodro Chokyi Nyima Rinpoches 1995 births Kagyu lamas Indian people of Tibetan descent Living people Tibetan emigrants to India People with acquired Indian citizenship People who lost Chinese citizenship Indian nationality law Tibetan Buddhists from India Scholars from Sikkim