Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), known colloquially as The Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa Kagyu school Rinpoche, and the unifier of Bhutan as...
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Ngawang Namgyal (Tibetan: ངགཌབང་རྣམ-རྒྱལ, Wylie: ngag-dbang rnam-rgyal) (died 1544 or somewhat later) was a prince of the Rinpungpa Dynasty that dominated...
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Zhabdrung Rinpoche (section Ngawang Namgyal)
a hereditary lineage. In Bhutan the title almost always refers to Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), the founder of the Bhutanese state, or one of his successive...
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Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, Bhutan nominally...
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (redirect from Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk)
Dzong. The institution of the Trongsa Penlop, started by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1647, signifies the true heritage to the Bhutanese Throne and the...
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(disambiguation) Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan...
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and again in 1639, hoping to throttle Ngawang Namgyal's popularity before it spread too far. In 1634 Ngawang Namgyal defeated Karma Tenkyong's army in the...
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candidates, was favored by the King of Tsang and prevailed. His rival, Ngawang Namgyal, was then invited to Western Bhutan and eventually he unified the entire...
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administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, it is the second oldest and second-largest...
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1952–2017 Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (1923–2011), teacher of the 14th Dalai Lama and of many Nyingma lamas Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), Tibetan Buddhist...
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