Jigme Drukpa is a Bhutanese musician and singer of traditional folk songs, born in 1969 in the small village of Wongchelo, in Pemagatshel, eastern Bhutan...
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is King of Bhutan. After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne, he became the monarch...
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The Drukpa or Drukpa Kagyu (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད) lineage, sometimes called Dugpa in older sources, is a branch of the Kagyu school of Tibetan...
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started from Tsangpa Gyare, the first Gyalwang Drukpa and founder of the school. The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Jigme Pema Wangchen, is the current lineage holder...
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He is known as the First Gyalwang Drukpa and is recognized as the indisputable emanation of Naropa (1016–1100). Jigme Pema Wangchen is the twelfth and...
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Tulku Jigme Chhoeda (born 22 August 1955) became the 70th Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot of The Central Monastic Body) of Bhutan in 1996, and became the longest-serving...
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Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), also known as Kunga Legpai Zangpo, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་, Wylie: brug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the...
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Bhutanese people call themselves the Drukpa, meaning "people of Druk (Bhutan)". The current sovereign of Bhutan is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the fifth...
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of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is currently the youngest queen consort in the world. She and the King have three children: Jigme Namgyel...
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Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (redirect from 4th Gwalyang Drukpa)
Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine H.E. the Ninth Khamtrul Rinpoche Jigme Pema Nyinjadh b.1981 The European Centres of Gyalwang Drukpa Drukpa Trust...
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