Throneholders of Ngor Monastery
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Throneholders of Ngor Monastery:
- Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382-1456)
- Müchen Könchok Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Sherab Gyatso (1396-1474)
- Kunga Wangchuk (b.1424)
- Khedrup Palden Dorje (1411-1482)
- Gorampa Sönam Senge (1429-1489)
- Könchok Pelwa (1445-1514?)
- Sangye Rinchen (1453-1524)
- Lhachok Senge (1468-1535)
- Könchok Lhundrup (1497-1557)
- Sangye Senge
- ?
- Namkha Palzang
- Jampa Kunga Tashi
- Kunga Sonam Lhundrup
- Palden Döndrup
- Namkha Sangye
- Sherab Jungne (1596-1653)
- Namkha Rinchen
- Ngawang Sonam Gyaltsen
- Sonam Gyatso
- Palchok Gyaltsen
- Namkha Palzang
- Lhundrup Palden
- Sangye Phuntsok
- Sangye Tendzin
- Sherab (or Sheja?) Zangpo
- ?
- ?
- Jampa Sonam Zangpo
- ?
- Tsultrim Lhundrup
- Jampa Namkha Samdrup
- Palden Chökyong (1702-1760)
- Sangye Palzang
- Jampa Sonam Lhundrup
- Mingyur Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Sangye Yeshe
- Könchok Drakpa
- Ngawang Chökyong Zangpo
- Sangye Drakpa
- Phuntsok Döndrup
- Kunga Sonam
- Jampa Namkha Chimé (1765-1820)
- Ngawang Damchö
- Jampa Sonam Paljor
- Jampa Kunga Tendzin (1776-1862)
- Ngawang Lodrö Zangpo
- Jampa Palden Zangpo
- Naljor Jampal Zangpo (1789-1864)
- Ngawang Lodrö Tenpa
- Kunga Tenpé Lodrö
- Jampa Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen (1829-1870)
- Ngawang Sonam Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Sherab Gyatso
- Palden Lodrö Drakpa
- Jamyang Rinchen Dorje
- Ngawang Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen
- Jampa Palden Chödzé
- Jamyang Kunzang Thupten Tenpe Gyaltsen
- Khangsar Dampa Rinpoche Ngawang Lodrö Shenpen Nyingpo (1876-1953)
- Thartse Jamyang Kunzang Thupten Chökyi Gyaltsen
- Ngawang Lodrö Tekchok Tenpe Gyaltsen
- Ngawang Yönten Gyatso (1902-c.1963)
- Ngwang Khedrup Gyatso
- Jampa Namkha Kunzang Tenpe Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Thupten Lungtok Gyatso
- Ngawang Khyentse Thupten Nyingpo
- Jamyang Kunga Tenpe Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Tenpe Nyima
- Luding Khenchen Rinpoche
- Luding Khen Rinpoche
Further Reading
- David Jackson, 'Sources on the Chronology and Succession of the Abbots of Ngor E-waṃ-chos-ldan', Berliner Indologische Studien. Band 4/5: 49-93, 1989.