H.H. Kehdrup Gyatso - The 11th Dalai Lama

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11th Dalai Lama : Kehdrup Gyatso : Mkhas-grub-rgya-mtsho (1838-1856)

Son of Tsetan Dhondup and Yungdrung Bhuti, he was born in 1838 at Gathar in Kham Minyak.

Kehdrup Gyatso was recognized as the 11th Dalai Lama in 1841, and enthroned in the Potala Palace the next year. With the age of 11 he took his novice vows from the Panchen Lama.

He died suddenly at the Potala Palace at the age of 18 in 1856.

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