The Ganden Tripa, also spelled Gaden Tripa (Wylie: dga’ ldan khri pa "Holder of the Ganden Throne"), is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug...

Furthermore, it is also called the Ganden school, after the first monastery established by Tsongkhapa. The Ganden Tripa ("Ganden Throne Holder") is the official...

Ganden Tripa or "throne-holder of Ganden" is the head of the Gelug school. Before dying Tsongkhapa gave his robe and staff to the first Ganden Tripa,...

was a famous student of Je Tsongkhapa, and actually became the first Ganden Tripa (throne holder) of the Gelug tradition after Je Tsongkhapa's death. He...

Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche (1937 – 21 April 2017) was the 103rd Ganden Tripa (spiritual leader) of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was appointed...

history. The Ganden Tripa is the nominal head of the Gelug school, though its most influential figure is the Dalai Lama. The Ganden Tripa is an appointed...

Virtue, also known casually as Yellow Hat, whose spiritual head is the Ganden Tripa and whose temporal head is the Dalai Lama. Successive Dalai Lamas ruled...

Khedrup Gyatso (9 October 1838 – 01 March 1855) was recognized by the Ganden Tripa as the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet and enthroned in 1842. He enlarged the...

school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism, formally headed by the Ganden Tripa. The 14th Dalai Lama was born to a farming family in Taktser (Hongya...

102nd Ganden Tripa (spiritual head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism) - finally titled as Ganden Trisur (which means "former-Ganden Tripa") Rizong...

Shetra died in 1864 and the Kashag reassumed power. The retired 76th Ganden Tripa, Khyenrab Wangchuk, was appointed regent but his role was limited to...

dga' ldan khri pa 40 dpal ldan rgyal mtshan) (1601-1674) was the 40th Ganden Tripa. Pelden Gyeltshen was born in village Dangkhar, the then capital of the...

1994, becoming the 100th Ganden Tripa. The Ganden Tripa is the spiritual leader of the Gelug school. He remained Ganden Tripa until 2002, when he was succeeded...

legs pa)) (1375–1450) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. He was the fourth Ganden Tripa of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1438 to 1450. He was born...

Sonam Dragpa, who became his tutor. Panchen Sonam Dragpa was the 15th Ganden Tripa and his texts still serve as the core curriculum for many Gelug monasteries...

pa)) (1402–1476) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. He was the seventh Ganden Tripa of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1473 to 1479. Lodrö Tenpa...

Abhidharmakośa. Ngwang Nyandak (The Sixty-sixth Ganden Tripa), Jangchub Chopel (who later became the Sixty-ninth Ganden Tripa) and Yeshe Gyatso were also among his...

leader. He was the eighth Ganden Tripa of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1480 to 1489. He served as abbot of Ganden Shartse College (dga' ldan...

Thubten Künga (1886 – 1964) was a Tibetan religious leader, and the 96th Ganden Tripa, the spiritual head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism between 1954...

Death". National Geographic. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018. "Former Ganden Tripa Stays on 'Thukdam' for 18 Days". Phayul.com. 7 October 2008. Archived...

Pan-chen bSod-nams grags-pa) (1478–1554) was the fifteenth Ganden Tripa or throneholder of Ganden Monastery. His texts form the core curriculum for the Loseling...

and expert on grammar. In 1965 Ling Rinpoche was appointed the 97th Ganden Tripa and held the position as the head of the Gelug school for 19 years, longer...

chos skyong)) (1389–1463) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. The fifth Ganden Tripa of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1450 to 1463, he was known...

Drepung Monastery — the home monastery of the Dalai Lama Ganden Monastery — the seat of the Ganden Tripa Sera Monastery Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse —...

Identified Personal Fürst or Fürstin German Executive Hereditary Provincial Ganden Tripa Tibetan Ceremonial Appointed Institutional (Gelug sect) Generalissimo...

Virtue, also known casually as Yellow Hat, whose spiritual head is the Ganden Tripa and whose temporal head is the Dalai Lama. Successive Dalai Lamas ruled...

of Tibetan monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Samye Monastery in Dranang Ganden Monastery in Lhasa with some ruins visible from destruction by the Communist...

Lungri Namgyel, was born in 1927 in Kham (eastern Tibet) was the 101st Gaden Tripa, the leader of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Ordained at eight years...

Tibetan Buddhism, headed by the Dalai Lamas (although nominally the Ganden Tripas). In the 1930s, Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo started to promote Dorje...

the case of the head lama of Bhutan, known as the Je Khenpo, or the Ganden Tripa of the Gelugpas. Both of these positions are filled by older, experienced...