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Namgyal Tsemo Monastery, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa
Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia): Literature *Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage Politics * Namgyal dynasty (other) **Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, rulers in Sikkim **Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, rulers in Ladakh * Phuntsog Namgyal (other) **Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim *Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke *Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan *Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963 *Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894 *Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815 Culture *Namgyal Institute of Tibetology *Namgyal Monastery, any of several Tibetan Buddhist institutions *Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies *Namgyal Lhamo, exponent of Tibetan singing *Tashi Namgyal Academy in Sikkim Sports *Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashi Namgyal
Tashi Namgyal ( Sikkimese: ; Wylie: ''Bkra-shis Rnam-rgyal'') (26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963) was the ruling Chogyal (King) of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963. He was the son of Thutob Namgyal. He was the first independent king of Sikkim. Biography Namgyal was the 11th ruler of the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, succeeding his half brother Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, who had ruled from February to December 1914 - when he died, suddenly, under mysterious circumstances. Born in Tibet and crowned by the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, he was a strong advocate for closer links with India. He was educated in St. Paul's School, Darjeeling. He was married in October 1918 to Kunzang Dechen, and they had 3 sons and 3 daughters. The eldest son died in a plane crash during World War Two. On his death he was succeeded as Chogyal by his second son Palden Thondup Namgyal. During his reign, he was known for land reform and free elections. He also favoured closer links between Sikkim, India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Rinpoche
Namgyal Rinpoche, Karma Tenzin Dorje (1931–2003), born Leslie George Dawson in Toronto, Canada, was a Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) ordained in Burma who later became a lama in the Tibetan Kagyu school of Varayana Buddhism. Early life Namgyal Rinpoche was born Leslie George Dawson in 1931, October 11, and raised in Toronto, Canada by parents of Irish and Scottish descent and attended Jarvis Baptist Seminary, before going on to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, where he studied philosophy and psychology and became active in Socialist politics. After visiting Moscow to address an international youth conference, he became disillusioned with politics, and moved to London in 1954. Theravāda studies in Asia While in London he studied Buddhism and in 1956 met the Sayadaw U Thila Wunta, a Burmese monk who accepted Leslie Dawson as a student. That same year he traveled to Bodh Gaya, India to rejoin the Sayadaw and received ordination as a Śrāmaṇera, sāmaṇera (novice monk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Bhutia
Namgyal Bhutia (born 11 August 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for the Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC. Career Indian Arrows Bhutia started his professional career with developmental side Indian Arrows. Bengaluru FC Bhutia was signed by Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC. He represented Bengaluru FC 'B' in I-League 2nd Division. In January 2020, he was selected as a part of the squad in 2020 AFC Cup. In April 2020, Bhutia extended his contract with Bengaluru FC till 2023. Later, he represented his club in both RF Development league and Next Gen cup in 2022 as captain. Career statistics Club Honours Bengaluru * Durand Cup: 2022 *Super Cup runner-up: 2023 Bengaluru (R) * Reliance Foundation Development League The Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) is India's Youth Football league organised by the Reliance Foundation in technical support with the AIFF. A total of 60+ teams participates in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashi Namgyal Academy
Tashi Namgyal Academy (TNA) is a public school in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. It was founded in 1926 by the late Sir Tashi Namgyal, KCSI, KCIE, the 11th consecrated Ruler of Sikkim. It is an autonomous English-medium, co-educational and residential-cum-day school. The Founder Sir Tashi Namgyal ( Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie:'' Bkra-shis Rnam-rgyal'') (26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963) was the ruling Chogyal (King) of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963. He was the son of Thutob Namgyal. Namgyal was the 11th ruler of the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, succeeding his half brother Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, who had ruled from February to December in 1914, till his death from heart failure. Born in Tibet and crowned by the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, he was a strong advocate for closer links with India. He was married in October 1918 to Kunzang Dechen, and they had 3 sons and 3 daughters. The eldest son, Prince Paljor Namgyal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Lhamo
Namgyal Lhamo is an internationally acclaimed Tibetan Opera, classical singer and actor. She is based in Utrecht (city), Utrecht, The Netherlands. Early life Starting at the age of eight, Lhamo, recognized by many as a child prodigy, and her sister, Kelsang Chukie Tethong, trained under great masters of Tibetan Opera and Classical Music at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts set up by the Dalai Lama. Lhamo trained for fourteen years. Her sister trained for eleve years as she had to earn money after their father died. Lhamo went on to become the star performer of the Institute and toured extensively. Through this passage she stepped into the tradition of the various kinds of classical and folk music of her country. Her interpretations of the Nangma and the Toeshe, Tibetan classical songs from the 17th century, have been universally acclaimed and she is popularly known as The Nightingale of Tibet. Since the 1980s, Namgyal Lhamo has lived in the Netherlands while her sister w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Monastery Institute Of Buddhist Studies
Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies incorporates two institutions: (1) the North American Seat of Namgyal Monastery; and (2) a Tibetan Buddhist theological seminary affiliated with it. The two institutions share a dharma center in Ithaca, New York. The Dalai Lama is their patron, the highest authority (for the former), and consultant (for the latter). "Namgyal" (rNam rGyal) is the Tibetan name of a long-life deity. The North American Seat of Namgyal Monastery Namgyal Monastery (Ithaca) is a branch of the personal monastery of the Dalai Lama, also called Namgyal Monastery. It therefore belongs to the Gelugpa monastic order. Traditionally located within the Potala Palace, and charged with various ritual tasks connected with the Dalai Lama, the parent monastery in 1959 relocated to Dharamsala along with the Tibetan exile government. Monks from Dharamsala are rotated in and out of the Ithaca branch, with about five in residence there at any one time. They are one of sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Monastery
Namgyal Monastery () (also often referred to as "Dalai Lama's Temple") is in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. Another name for this temple-complex is Namgyal Tantric College. The monastery's key role is to assist with rituals involving the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Its main tantric practices reportedly include those of Kalachakra, Yamantaka, Chakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja, and Vajrakilaya. Early years Founded in either 1564 or 1565 as Phende Lekshe Ling (on the foundations of the since defunct monastery called Phende Gon) by the second Dalai Lam Gendun Gyatso, Namgyal Monastery was renamed in honour of the female long-life deity Namgyälma in 1571. Since the completion of construction on the Potala Palace (begun by the Fifth Dalai Lama), Namgyal was traditionally housed in the red section at the top of that building in Lhasa. Since 1959 Following the Tibetan uprising of 1959, Namgyal Monastery relocated to Dharamshala, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namgyal Institute Of Tibetology
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) is a Tibetan people, Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal. The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Another project seeks to digitizing, digitize and document old and rare photographs of Sikkim for knowledge distribution. Khempo Dhazar served as head of the Sheda, a Nyingma college attached to the Institute, for six years. History The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the 14th Dalai Lama on 10 February 1957. On 1 October 1958, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology. Sir Tashi Namgyal, the then Maharaja of Sikkim, changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology". Academic journals The ''Bulletin of Tibetology'' is an academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshudpud Namgyal
Tsugphud Namgyal ( Sikkimese: ; Wylie: ''gtsug phud rnam rgyal'') (1785–1863) was king of Sikkim from 1793 to 1863. He gained independence from Nepal in 1815 and ruled under a British protectorate from 1861. Under his father Tenzing Namgyal, most of Sikkim was appropriated by Nepal. Tshudpud Namgyal returned to Sikkim in 1793 to reclaim the throne. Because the capital of Rabdentse was too close to the Nepalese border, he shifted the capital to Tumlong. His mother was ''Gyalyum'' Anyo, a daughter of Chandzod Karwang. Sikkim allied itself with the British in India, who also considered Nepal an enemy. Nepal overran most of the region, sparking the Gurkha War in 1814 with the British East India Company. The Sugauli Treaty and Treaty of Titalia returned the annexed territory to Sikkim in 1817. In 1835, Tsugphud Namgyal ceded Darjeeling to the East India Company for an annual fee, but this relationship was broken off after he seized botanist Joseph Hooker and Darjeeling Superinte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thutob Namgyal
Thutob Namgyal ( Sikkimese: ; Wylie: ''mthu-stobs rnam-rgyal'') (1860 – 11 February 1914) was the ruling chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim between 1874 and 1914. Thutob ascended to the throne succeeding his half-brother Sidkeong Namgyal who died issueless. Differences between the Nepalese settlers and the indigenous population during his reign led to the direct intervention of the British, who were the de facto rulers of the Himalayan nation. The British ruled in favour of the Nepalese much to the discontent of the chogyal, who then retreated to the Chumbi Valley and allied himself with the Tibetans. The British sent a military force ( Sikkim expedition), and after a series of skirmishes between the Tibetans and the British near Jelep La, the Tibetans were pushed back and the Chogyal was put under the supervision of John Claude White, who had been appointed Political Officer in 1889. In 1894, he shifted the capital from Tumlong to the present location, Gangtok. He was knighted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngawang Namgyal
Ngawang Namgyal (; alternate spellings include ''Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel;'' 1594–1651), known colloquially as ''The Bearded Lama'', was a Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa Kagyu school Rinpoche, and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. He was later granted the honorific title Zhabdrung Rinpoche, approximately "at whose feet one submits". In addition to unifying the various warring fiefdoms for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought to create a distinct Bhutanese cultural identity separate from the Tibetan culture from which it was derived. Birth and enthronement at Ralung ''Zhabdrung'' Ngawang Namgyal was born at Ralung () Monastery, Tibet as the son of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage-holder Mipham Tenpa'i Nyima (, 1567–1619), and Sönam Pelgyi Butri (), daughter of the local king of Kyishö () in Tibet. On his father's side, Ngawang Namgyal descended from the family line of Tsangpa Gyare (1161–1211), the founder of the Drukpa Lineage. In his youth, Ngawang Namgyal was en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
